auction
Noun
(en noun )
A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
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Derived terms
{{der3, auctionable
, auction house
, auctionlike
, Dutch auction
, Vickrey auction
, silent auction}}
Verb
(en verb )
To sell at an auction.
Derived terms
* auctioneer
* auction off
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tender
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tendre, from (etyl) .
Adjective
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Sensitive or painful to the touch.
* 1597 , , All’s Well that Ends Well , 3,2:
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* 2006 , Mike Myers (as the voice of the title character), Shrek (movie)
- Be careful: that area is tender .
Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
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Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
* Bible, Deuteronomy xxviii. 56
- the tender and delicate woman among you
(of food) Soft and easily chewed.
* 2001 , Joey Pantolino (character), The Matrix (movie)
- The Matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender , succulent, and juicy.
Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
* L’Estrange
- Our bodies are not naturally more tender than our faces.
Fond, loving, gentle, sweet.
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* Bible, James v. 11
- The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
* Shakespeare
- You, that are thus so tender o’er his follies, / Will never do him good.
* Fuller
- I am choleric by my nature, and tender by my temper.
Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
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Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
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* Francis Bacon
- Things that are tender and unpleasing.
(nautical) Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
(obsolete) Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
* Shakespeare
- I love Valentine, / Whose life’s as tender to me as my soul!
(obsolete) Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of .
* Burke
- tender of property
* Tillotson
- The civil authority should be tender of the honour of God and religion.
Derived terms
* chicken tender
* frost-tender
* tenderise, tenderize
* tenderly
* tenderness
* tender loving care, TLC
* tenderfoot
Verb
(en verb )
To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
*, vol.I, New York, 2001, p.233:
- To such as are wealthy, live plenteously, at ease, […] these viands are to be forborne, if they be inclined to, or suspect melancholy, as they tender their healths […].
* Putnam Fadeless Dyes [flyer packaged with granulated dye]:
- Putnam Fadeless Dyes will not injure any material. Boiling water does tender some materials. […] Also, silk fibers are very tender when wet and care should be take not to boil them too vigorously.
to feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly.
* 1597 , (William Shakespeare), (Romeo and Juliet) , 3,1 (First Folio edition):
- And ?o good Capulet , which name I tender
As dearely as my owne, be ?atisfied.
Noun
(obsolete) regard; care; kind concern
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- Thou makest some tender of my life / In this fair rescue thou hast brought to me.
The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
Noun
(en noun )
(obsolete) Someone who tends or waits on someone.
(rail transport) A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
(nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
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(nautical) A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
Synonyms
* (smaller boat) dinghy
Etymology 3
From (etyl) .
Verb
(en verb )
(formal) To offer, to give.
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* Shakespeare
- You see how all conditions, how all minds, tender down / Their services to Lord Timon.
* 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
- I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.
to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions.
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Derived terms
* tenderable
* to tender something out
Noun
(en noun )
A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
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(legal) A formal offer to buy or sell something.
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Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
* 1599 ,
- […] if she should make tender of her love, ’tis very possible he’ll scorn it; for the man,—as you know all,—hath a contemptible spirit.
See also
* legal tender
* to put out to tender
* to put out for tender
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