proposition vs tender

proposition

verb
  • To make an offer or suggestion to (someone). 

  • To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved). 

noun
  • An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false. 

  • A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed. 

  • In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate. 

  • The terms of a transaction offered. 

  • An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem. 

  • The act of offering (an idea) for consideration. 

  • An idea or a plan offered. 

  • A complete sentence. 

  • The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it. 

  • The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula. 

tender

verb
  • To offer, to give. 

  • to offer a payment, as at sales or auctions. 

  • To work on a tender. 

adv
  • tenderly 

adj
  • Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate. 

  • Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel. 

  • Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained. 

  • Soft and easily chewed. 

  • Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate. 

  • Physically weak; not able to endure hardship. 

  • Sensitive or painful to the touch. 

  • Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet. 

  • Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic. 

  • Young and inexperienced. 

noun
  • Any offer or proposal made for acceptance. 

  • A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore. 

  • A formal offer to buy or sell something. 

  • A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water. 

  • A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships. 

  • A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card. 

  • Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply. 

  • The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry. 

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