tenderer

Pluraltenderers

1. 1
   adjective

   Comparative of tender.

   Slow cooking makes the beef far tenderer than grilling ever could.

   His tone became tenderer with each passing day of her recovery.

   Note

   The inflected comparative, built by adding -er to tender; more tender says the same thing. It covers every meaning of the base word: meat grows tenderer with slow cooking, a bruise tenderer to the touch, a voice tenderer with affection. Spelled identically is the noun for a bidder, which attaches the same ending to the verb tender, meaning 'one who tenders', rather than to the adjective.

2. 2
   nouncountable

   A person or organization that submits a formal bid to carry out work or supply goods at a stated price.

   The successful tenderer will be notified within two weeks of the closing date.

   Several tenderers withdrew once they saw the revised specifications.

   Similarbidder

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