Tender

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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

VERB

offer or present for acceptance

propose a payment

make a tender of

make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer

ADJ

given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality

hurting

young and immature

having or displaying warmth or affection

easy to cut or chew

physically untoughened

(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

(of plants) not hardy

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