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• The company said it is unable to tender competitively for contracts unless it has the flexibility of Sunday working.
• The company has agreed to tender for two million of the shares at $4 a share.
• Stockholders must tender for their shares by a specified expiration date.
• She will tender a proposal at the meeting.
• The company vice-president had tendered his resignation (= officially said he wanted to leave his job ) .
• She tendered a £10 note.
• Their bid was £150,000 more than the lowest tender.
• Councillors agreed that the contract to build the homes should be put out to (= offered for ) tender.
• It is preferable for tenders to be opened publicly with the tenderers present.
• Some tender offers stipulate a minimum price for offers.
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Competitive tenders must be received by 1 p.m.
invite tenders (to do/for sth) »Morocco is inviting tenders to build two wind farms.
submit a tender (to do/for sth) »The company said it will submit tenders to develop three oil fields in the area.
The company won a tender to start an analogue cellular network.
put sth out to tender »The drilling rights have been put out to tender.
All tenders above the strike price will be accepted.
»Shares in the insurance group will be sold through tenders.
»They made a cash tender of $15.50 per share.
»The share tender was over-subscribed.
»If you buy shares in the retail tender offer, they will be free of transfer charges for up to 42 days after allocation.
It will be better still if competitors in poor countries can tender successfully.
tender to do sth »The company is tendering to clean the Millennium Dome.
tender for sth »Next month companies will be invited to tender for a new international telecommunications system.
Unit holders are under no obligation to tender their shares.
»About 7 million of their shares had been tendered under the offer.
tender sth to sb/sth »The company tendered its shares to BP for 500p cash.
tender into sth »They gave security holders an additional opportunity to tender into the offer.
You will have no option but to tender your resignation.
»He tendered a delivery note for signature.
»She tendered a plea of no contest.
tender sth as sth »A check was tendered as payment.
Financial and business terms. 2012.