Tender

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Tender may mean:

one of several types of boat or ship, all sharing the general function of servicing another type of air or sea vessel:
- luxury yacht tender - supplies and services a private or charter luxury yacht
- seaplane tender - supplies and services seaplanes
- submarine tender - resupplies submarines
- motor torpedo boat tender - resupplies motor torpedo boats
- ship's tender - used to transport people and supplies to and from a large ship
- dive tender - another name for Diving support vessel
- lighthouse tender - used to tend lighthouses and, later, buoys
- tender offer - used to propose a buyout of a public company
Tender locomotive, a type of railroad car hauled immediately after the locomotive proper that contains the fuel and water
Legal tender, a term used of currency
A process by which a government or company seeks quotes for a particular project (such as a construction job) to be carried out by a contracting company. The sealed offers themselves, including company information, a project outline, and a price quote, are known as tenders. See Also: Tenders, reverse auction, Contract A and RFQ.
The Israeli name for a pickup truck
A song and single, "Tender" by Blur.