Dictionary.com: Tender

ten·der2 (tndr)
n.

1. A formal offer, as:
1. Law. An offer of money or service in payment of an obligation.
2. A written offer to contract goods or services at a specified cost or rate; a bid.
2. Something, especially money, offered in payment.


tr.v. ten·dered, ten·der·ing, ten·ders

To offer formally: tender a letter of resignation.


[From French tendre, to offer, from Old French, from Latin tendere, to hold forth, extend. See ten- in Indo-European Roots.]