See Also: tender(1)(dictionary)
Tender(finance)
tender(2)(dictionary)
tender(3)(dictionary)
tender(4)(dictionary)
tender(5)(dictionary)
Self tender(finance)
Tender(money)
Tender(medicine)
Self Tender(money)

tender(2) (iou)



tender noun1. LME.
[from TEND verb1 + -ER1, or aphet. from ATTENDER.]
A person who tends or waits on another; an attendant, a nurse. Also, an assistant to a skilled worker. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
A ship or boat used to attend a larger one, esp. to supply goods and provisions, convey orders, or carry passengers to and from shore. Also spec., a small naval vessel responsible to, and whose crew are appointed to, a larger parent vessel. L17.
M. Rule We got out to the excavation site..in our twelve-man tender.
A person who attends to or has charge of something, esp. a machine, business, etc. E19.
bartender: see BAR noun1.
J. M. Coetzee All that remains is to be a tender of the soil.
A truck attached to the rear of a steam locomotive to carry fuel, water, etc. E19.
A vehicle used by a fire brigade to transport hoses, ladders, or other equipment to a fire. Usu. with qualifying word, as fire tender, hose tender. L19.