Dictionary

Care, kind concern, regard.

The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.

Sensitive or painful to the touch.

Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.

Example: tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit

Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.

(of food) Soft and easily chewed.

Tenderly

To make tender or delicate; to weaken.

To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.

Someone who tends or waits on someone.

A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.

A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.

Example: destroyer tender

A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.

To work on a tender.

Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.

Example: You offer me the sword of my father, the very man whose bones, because of your perfidy, lie under the sod of Crecy. Aye, I'll surely take it, and just as surely you shall die with your tender through your heart!

A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.

Example: Your credit card has been declined so you need to provide some other tender such as cash.

A formal offer to buy or sell something.

Example: We will submit our tender to you within the week.

Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.

To offer, to give.

Example: to tender one’s resignation

To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.