tenderer
Gentler to touch
Tenderer is the comparative form of tender: The meat was tenderer after braising.
In formal or legal contexts, a tenderer is one who submits a tender—a bid or offer for a contract: Three tenderers competed for the construction project.
The comparative sense dominates everyday speech, while the noun sense appears mainly in business and procurement.
One who makes offers
- applicantOne who formally requests
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- contenderOne competing seriously
- competitorOne striving against others
entrant · offeror · proposer · submitter · supplier · vendor · contractor · respondent
Yielding to another's will
- quotationCited passage or price
- offerProposal to provide
- bidOffer to purchase
- estimateInformed guess at quantity
proposal · application · specification · pricing · costing · compliance · deliverables · methodology
Hired construction professional
- subcontractorHired by the hirer
- builderOne who erects structures
- developerOne who builds things
- engineerTechnical design professional
architect · foreman · infrastructure · design-build · turnkey
Seeking to obtain
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- purchasingAcquiring through payment
- sourcingObtaining from suppliers
- requisitionFormal order for supplies
bidder
One who makes offers
competitor · entrant · offeror · proposer · submitter · supplier · vendor · contractor · respondent · quoter
submission
Yielding to another's will
estimate · proposal · application · specification · pricing · costing · compliance · deliverables · methodology
contractor
Hired construction professional
- subcontractorHired by the hirer
- builderOne who erects structures
- developerOne who builds things
engineer · architect · foreman · infrastructure · design-build · turnkey
solicitation
Seeking to obtain
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- purchasingAcquiring through payment
- sourcingObtaining from suppliers
- chicken tendersBreaded poultry strip
- tender loving careSolicitous, gentle caregiving
- legal tenderOfficially recognized payment medium
- tender heartCapacity for deep empathy
- tender momentBrief emotional connection
- tender spots
tender, tenderness, tenderly, tendered, tenders, attender, attenders, tendering, tenderize