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retender

retender verb: to submit a second or subsequent tender; to offer for tender again.

Verb

retender (third-person singular simple present retenders, present participle retendering, simple past and past participle retendered)

  1. To submit a second or subsequent tender; to offer for tender again.
    • Leicester: The £22 million contract to rebuild the station will have to be retendered by Leicester City Council, because only one contractor submitted a bid.2025 March 19, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Midlands”, in RAIL, number 1031, page 26

Forms of retender

third-person singular presentretenders
present participleretendering
past participleretendered
pastretendered

Origin of retender

From re- + tender.

Questions about retender

What does retender mean?
Retender means to submit a second or subsequent tender; to offer for tender again.
What part of speech is retender?
Retender is a verb.
What is the past tense of retender?
The past tense of retender is retendered.

Words near retender in the dictionary

  1. retempers
  2. retempt
  3. retempted
  4. retempting
  5. retempts
  6. retender
  7. retendered
  8. retendering
  9. retenderize
  10. retenderized
  11. retenderizes

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