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nontender

nontender verb: to fail to tender a contract to (a player).

Verb

nontender (third-person singular simple present nontenders, present participle nontendering, simple past and past participle nontendered)

  1. (transitive) To fail to tender a contract to (a player).
    • In Los Angeles, where Turner signed after being nontendered by the Mets in December 2013, he has evolved past a cliché.2015 October 13, Seth Berkman, “Former Met Justin Turner Provides Offensive Lift for Dodgers”, in New York Times

Adjective

nontender (not comparable)

  1. Not tender; said of body parts or lesions that do not trigger discomfort upon palpation

Forms of nontender

third-person singular presentnontenders
present participlenontendering
past participlenontendered
pastnontendered

Origin of nontender

From non- + tender.

Questions about nontender

What does nontender mean?
Nontender means to fail to tender a contract to (a player).
What part of speech is nontender?
Nontender can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of nontender?
The past tense of nontender is nontendered.

Words near nontender in the dictionary

  1. nontemporary
  2. nontemporizing
  3. nontenancy
  4. nontenant
  5. nontenants
  6. nontender
  7. nontendered
  8. nontendering
  9. nontenders
  10. nontennis
  11. nontensile

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