tenders

Noun

• something that can be used as an official medium of payment
• someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
• a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
• car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
• a boat for communication between ship and shore
• ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
• plural of tender

Verb

• offer or present for acceptance
• propose a payment
• make a tender of; in legal settlements
• make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer
• third-person singular simple present indicative of tender

Synonyms

attendant, attender, bid, cutter, legal tender, offer, pinnace, ship's boat, stamp, supply ship, tender, tenderise, tenderize