(obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone. / (rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.

To work on a tender.

Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply. / A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.

(formal) To offer, to give. / to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.

The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other. / Psychological state of being tense.

To place an object in tension, to pull or place strain on.

A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency. / A period of time during which something is possessed.

(transitive) To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).

(music) A musical range or section higher than bass and lower than alto. / A person, instrument, or group that performs in the tenor (higher than bass and lower than alto) range.

Of or pertaining to the tenor part or range.