Tender
Encyclopedia
Transportation
- Tender (rail), a type of railroad car hauled immediately after the locomotive and used to carry fuel and water
- Water tenderWater tenderA water tender, also known as a tanker in some regions, is a specialized firefighting apparatus designed for transporting water from a water source to a fire scene...
, fire truck tanker
Boats/ships
- Buoy tenderBuoy tenderA buoy tender is a type of vessel used to maintain and replace navigational buoys. The name is also used for someone who works on such a vessel and maintains buoys....
, used to maintain Aids to Navigation (Aton) including buoys - Lighthouse tenderLighthouse tenderA lighthouse tender is a ship specifically designed to maintain, support, or tend to lighthouses, or lightvessels, providing supplies, fuel, mail and transportation....
, used to tend lighthouses and, later, buoys - Destroyer tenderDestroyer tenderA destroyer tender is a ship designed to provide maintenance support to a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships. The use of this class has faded from its peak in the first half of the 20th century as the roles of small combatants have evolved .Due to the increased size and automation of...
- Luxury yacht tenderLuxury yacht tenderA luxury yacht tender is a transport used to service and to provide support and entertainment to a private or charter luxury yacht. Known commonly as the 'yacht's tender' a luxury yacht tender will often be a rigid-hulled inflatable boat which features cushioned inflatable rubber inner tubes...
- Seaplane tenderSeaplane tenderA seaplane tender is a ship that provides facilities for operating seaplanes. These ships were the first aircraft carriers and appeared just before the First World War.-History:...
- Submarine tenderSubmarine tenderA submarine tender is a type of ship that supplies and supports submarines.Submarines are small compared to most oceangoing vessels, and generally do not have the ability to carry large amounts of food, fuel, torpedoes, and other supplies, nor to carry a full array of maintenance equipment and...
- Motor torpedo boat tenderMotor torpedo boat tenderMotor torpedo boat tender is a type of ship used by the U.S. Navy during World War II. The Motor torpedo boat tender's task was to act as a tender in remote areas for patrol boats and to provide the necessary fuel and provisions for the torpedo boats she was responsible for...
, used to service motor torpedo boats - Ship's tenderShip's tenderA ship's tender, usually referred to as a tender, is a boat, or a larger ship used to service a ship, generally by transporting people and/or supplies to and from shore or another ship...
, used to transport people and supplies to and from a large ship - Dive tender, another name for a diving support vessel
Business and finance
- Request for tenderRequest for tenderA request for tender, commonly abbreviated to RFT, is a formal, structured invitation to suppliers for the supply of products or services. In the public sector, such a process may be required and determined in detail by law to ensure that such competition for the use of public money is open, fair...
, a structured invitation by governments or government agencies to suppliers for the supply of goods or services- Tendering, or public procurementProcurementProcurement is the acquisition of goods or services. It is favourable that the goods/services are appropriate and that they are procured at the best possible cost to meet the needs of the purchaser in terms of quality and quantity, time, and location...
, a way in which bodies governed by public law buy what they need for their activities
- Tendering, or public procurement
- Legal tenderLegal tenderLegal tender is a medium of payment allowed by law or recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting a financial obligation. Paper currency is a common form of legal tender in many countries....
, a term for currency - Tender offerTender offerTender offer is a corporate finance term denoting a type of takeover bid. The tender offer is a public, open offer or invitation by a prospective acquirer to all stockholders of a publicly traded corporation to tender their stock for sale at a specified price during a specified time, subject to...
, used to propose a buyout of a public company
Other
- Tender (Until the Violence Stops)Tender (Until the Violence Stops)Tender is a London-based charitable organisation that works to prevent domestic violence. Founded in 2003, Tender delivers educational violence prevention programmes to secondary schools, Pupil Referral Units and youth centres throughout Greater London.- Mission :Tender promotes healthy...
, London-based charity that works to prevent domestic and sexual violence - Tender (album), a 2008 album by Wishbone Ash
- "Tender" (song)Tender (song)"Tender" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur. It is the first track on Blur's sixth album 13 and was also released as the lead single before the album's release...
by Blur - "Tender" (Feeder song) by Feeder
- Chicken tender
See also
- "TenderlyTenderly"Tenderly" is a popular song published in 1946 with music by Walter Gross and lyrics by Jack Lawrence.Copyright 1946 by Edwin H. Morris & Company, Inc....
", song - Tenderfoot (disambiguation)
- Tenderloin (disambiguation)
- Tenderness (disambiguation)Tenderness (disambiguation)Tenderness may refer to:*Tenderness, a positive form of interaction between lovers and other people*Rebound tenderness, a clinical sign that a doctor may detect in physical examination of a patient's abdomen...
- TendernobTendernobThe Tendernob is an area in San Francisco, California between the affluent Nob Hill area to the north and the less affluent Tenderloin to the south...
, area in San Francisco, California, US - TenderpreneurTenderpreneurTenderpreneur is a South African term used to describe a government official or politician who uses their powers and influence to secure government tenders and contracts...
- Tendre, fictional French country
- TendrementTendrementTendrement is the second album for French pop singer Lorie. It originally came out on 16 September 2002 in a regular jewel case version and a limited edition cardboard box containing the CD in a digipak and eight postcards featuring the famous blond singer...
, 2002 French pop music album by Lorie - Tend (disambiguation)
- TenDRA, C/C++ compiler for POSIX-compatible operating systems,tender tiger