(poetic) tender; compassionate.

A process in which the public sector requires private firms to bid for contracts or projects in order to provide goods or services to the public.

plural of competitive tendering

Alternative form of tenderhearted

plural of legal tender

(law) Any form of currency that by law cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt equal to the amount offered.

(obsolete) a ship designed to tend to the needs of seaplanes, floatplanes and flying boats at sea, for resupply, refueling, sometimes including catapult launch

Misconstruction of on tenterhooks

(medicine) Pain felt upon removal of pressure on the abdomen

plural of seaplane tender