tender : Idioms & Phrases
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Gate tender
- one in charge of a gate, as at a railroad crossing.
Webster 1913
Legal tender
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noun something that can be used as an official medium of payment
tender; stamp.
WordNet
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(a) The act of tendering in the performance of a contract or satisfaction of a claim that which the law prescribes or permits, and at such time and place as the law prescribes or permits .(b) That currency, or money, which the law authorizes a debtor to tender and requires a creditor to receive. It differs in different countries.
Webster 1913
tender loving care
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noun considerate and solicitous care
TLC.
- young children need lots of TLC
WordNet
Tender of issue
(Law) , a form of words in a pleading, by which a party offers to refer the question raised upon it to the appropriate mode of decision. Burrill.
Webster 1913
tender offer
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noun an offer to buy shares in a corporation (usually above the market price) for cash or securities or both
WordNet
tender-hearted
Ten"der-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive. --Ten"der-heart`ed*ly , adv. --Ten"der-heart`ed*ness , n.Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them. 2 Chron. xiii. 7.
Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted. Eph. iv. 32.
Webster 1913
tender-hefted
Ten"der-heft`ed adjective
Definitions
Having great tenderness; easily moved. Obs. Shak.