Sentence examples for tender meaning from inspiring English sources

The contract for monitoring universities has been put out to tender, meaning that such work may no longer be carried out by the Quality Assurance Agency QAAA).

The decision was the result of a blind tender, meaning that ministers were not allowed to know which firm had submitted which bid.

After 30 April, notes carrying the image of the first governor of the Bank of England will no longer be legal tender, meaning retailers will not be able to accept them.

Even Deminor admits that the decision could go either way in this highly political takeover.In a replay, Tchibo could probably not afford a full tender, meaning that Beiersdorf would be a target again, perhaps for an older and wiser P&G.

Tenerrima derives from the Latin tener, meaning "tender" or "delicate".

"Tender", an Italian meaning of the word, is more helpful.

The Giants have made a first-round tender to Cruz, meaning they will receive a first-round draft pick if he signs elsewhere and the Giants do not match the offer.

The little metafictional innuendo of closing a book in this way was surely intended, but admirers of the writer will now experience a tender accidental extra meaning, as the sentence turned out to be the last words of fiction written by Rendell before her death in May.

Hanging over that film — so timely in 1993, and so dated now, for all its tender and well-meaning ambitions — is a sense that it was, in part, an act of atonement for "The Silence of the Lambs".

For a standalone shelter to survive, it would have to apply for one of the general tenders, said Timmins, meaning an end to the specific, targeted attention on different at-risk groups.

Kinda gives a whole new meaning to "tender moments". Eat your heart out, service dog.