tender-n; 7 Senses

Sense Number 1: official offer to purchase something at a specified price

Commentary: TENDER[+action][+offer][+official][+purchase][+price][+specified]

Examples:
Their tender to buy the company at ten dollars a share was rejected.
They have questioned the legality of blocking tenders by foreign companies for U.S. firms.

Mappings:
PropBank: tender.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 2: an official medium of exchange, currency

Commentary: TENDER[+money][+currency] [+relation][+role][+medium][+exchange]

Examples:
This old currency is no longer considered to be legal tender.
Pennies are a nuisance, but they are still legal tender.
At this resort they give you strings of beads as tender for all your purchases.

Mappings:
PropBank: tender.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 3: a small boat that transports people and goods between ship and shore

Commentary: TENDER[+vessel][+small][+boat][+transport][+ship_to_shore]

Examples:
The tender took us out to the mooring where Bob's 40-foot sloop was.
You need to call the tender with the air horn when you want to come ashore.
John's son earned college money one summer by driving a tender around Boston Harbor.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 4: a ship that supplies other ships with goods and personnel

Commentary: TENDER[+vessel][+large][+ship][+supply]

Examples:
Two tenders were destroyed by enemy torpedoes so supplies to our ships will be delayed.
The military is transporting food and ammunition to the western fleet via tenders.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6

Sense Number 5: an overseer or caregiver to someone or something

Commentary: TENDER[+person][+overseer][+caregiver]

Examples:
His brother is a tender of the elderly at a nursing home.
She is a volunteer tender of the botanical gardens.

Mappings:
PropBank: tender.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 6: train car attached to locomotive to supply it with fuel and water

Commentary: TENDER[+vehicle][+attached][+locomotive][+car][+supplies][+fuel/+water]

Examples:
Additional fuel for the locomotive is carried in its tender.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 7: a strip of cooked chicken breast, often breaded

Commentary: TENDER[+food][+chicken][+breast][+strip]

Examples:
Mary ordered chicken tenders for the children.
That fast food place offers chicken tenders with three dipping sauces.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 7