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  2. Legal tender - Wikipedia

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    The term legal tender is from Middle French tendre (verb form), meaning to offer. The Latin root is tendere (to stretch out), and the sense of tender as an offer is related to the etymology of the English word extend (to hold outward).

  3. Tender - Wikipedia

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    Legal tender, a form of money with a specific legal status; Invitation to tender, a structured invitation to vendors for the supply of goods or services; Procurement, a process of finding and agreeing to terms, and acquiring goods, services, or works from an external source, often via a tendering or competitive bidding process

  4. Ship's tender - Wikipedia

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    Chase boat, a tender generally not carried by the main vessel. It may be towed, travel under its own power, or be stationed in port. Destroyer tender, a large ship used to support a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships. Dive tender, a ship or boat used to support the actions of divers. [citation needed] Also known as a diving support ...

  5. Tender offer - Wikipedia

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    In corporate finance, a tender offer is a type of public takeover bid. The tender offer is a public, open offer or invitation (usually announced in a newspaper advertisement) by a prospective acquirer to all stockholders of a publicly traded corporation (the target corporation) to tender their stock for sale at a specified price during a specified time, subject to the tendering of a minimum ...

  6. Procurement - Wikipedia

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    A more restrictive definition of "spend under management" includes only expenditure which makes use of preferred supplier contracts and negotiated payment rates and terms. [ 55 ] Consultants A.T. Kearney have developed a model for assessing the performance of a procurement organisation or the procurement function within a wider organisation ...

  7. Dinghy - Wikipedia

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    Dinghy of the schooner Adventuress Safety dinghy, yacht tender. A dinghy [2] is a type of small boat, often carried or towed by a larger vessel for use as a tender. [3] Utility dinghies are usually rowboats or have an outboard motor. Some are rigged for sailing but they differ from sailing dinghies, which are designed first and foremost for ...

  8. 86 (term) - Wikipedia

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    Beyond this context, it is generally used with the meaning to 'get rid of' someone or something. [2] According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary, it means to "refuse to serve (a customer)", to "get rid of" or "throw out" someone or something. [3] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it may be used as a noun or verb. [4]

  9. Invitation to tender - Wikipedia

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    A tender announcement from the Indonesian Ministry of Finance. An invitation to tender (ITT, also known as a call for bids [1] or a request for tenders) is a formal, structured procedure for generating competing offers from different potential suppliers or contractors looking to obtain an award of business activity in works, supply, or service contracts, often from companies who have been ...