tender (2)EnglishOxford American Thesaurustender2 verb 1 she tendered her resignation: offer, proffer, present, put forward, propose, suggest, advance, submit, set before someone, extend, give, render; hand in. 2 firms of interior decorators have been tendering for the work: bid, put in a bid, quote, give an estimate, propose a price.noun six contractors were invited to submit tenders: bid, offer, quotation, quote, estimate, estimated price, price; proposal, submission.