1.something used as an official medium of payment
2.someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
3.a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
4.car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
5.a boat for communication between ship and shore
6.ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
7.given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality;
a tender heart
8.hurting;
the tender spot on his jaw
9.susceptible to physical or emotional injury;
at a tender age
10.having or displaying warmth or affection;
affectionate children
11.easy to cut or chew;
tender beef
12.physically untoughened;
tender feet
13.(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
14.(of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition;
tender green shoots
1.offer or present for acceptance
2.propose a payment;
The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting
3.make a tender of; in legal settlements
4.make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer;
tenderize meat