tenderer
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- noun
- /ˈtɛndərər/
- Jargon
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licitante
- It creates a daintier, irreplaceable tenderer and is luckier to clear.
Examples
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The opaque sky is tenderer than the jade benediction of grass and houses, gentler than the coral church dome whose soft color Bella's dress curiously echoes.
Academic text (2008) -
Get them small, about one-quarter inch in diameter; they're younger and tenderer.
Fiction book (1991) -
There are no obligations on earth sweeter or tenderer than those...
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In some kinds of people... some tenderer feelings have had some little beginning... that we have got to make grow and to cling to... as our flag in this dark march toward whatever it is we're approaching.
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There was the doughty doughnut, the tenderer oly koek, and the crisp and crumbling cruller; sweet cakes and short cakes, ginger cakes and honey cakes, and the whole family of cakes.
Academic text (1997) -
The company selected a low-cost tenderer to complete the construction project.
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As the tenderer for the contract, she submitted a detailed proposal outlining her services.
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After reviewing several bids, the committee chose the tenderer with the best quality offerings.
Synonyms
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A person or company that offers to pay a price for something at an auction
A person who suggests conditions for a deal
A person who suggests something for someone to accept or refuse
Antonyms
How Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tenderer comes from the verb tender, from Latin tendere meaning 'to stretch out', and the ending -er means 'one who'. So a tenderer is someone who 'stretches out' an offer — a person or company who officially offers to do work or supply goods.