legal tender
collocation法定货币
Only the official currency is legal tender for paying debts.
只有官方货币才是偿还债务的合法支付手段。
投标；报价；提议
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投标；报价；提议
a formal offer, bid, or proposal
Our company decided to submit a tender for the new railway project.
我们公司决定为新铁路项目提交投标。
家禽的内胸肌(小胸肌)
The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
蒸汽机车后面拖的运载燃料和水的车厢
A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
出于期待回应、答复或回复而提供、提出或投标的东西。
Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
可用作官方支付手段的东西
something that can be used as an official medium of payment
The tender must include a detailed budget and a timeline.
投标书必须包含详细的预算和时间表。
Several firms have expressed interest in the tender.
几家公司已表示对这一投标感兴趣。
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法定货币
Only the official currency is legal tender for paying debts.
只有官方货币才是偿还债务的合法支付手段。
鸡柳；鸡里脊
I ordered a salad with chicken tenders on top.
我点了一份上面放有鸡柳的沙拉。
收购要约；要约收购
The board rejected the hostile tender offer from the rival firm.
董事会拒绝了竞争对手公司的敌意收购要约。
提交投标书
Three companies submitted a tender for the bridge construction project.
三家公司为这座桥梁建设项目提交了投标书。
招标；征集投标
The government issued a call for tenders to upgrade the railway network.
政府发出招标公告，以升级铁路网络。
法定货币
The old banknotes are no longer legal tender.
这些旧纸币不再是法定货币。
公开招标
The city put the construction project out to tender.
该市将建设项目公开招标。
本钞票是偿还一切公私债务的法定货币。
This official sentence is printed on every U.S. dollar bill, letting people know the note is accepted as payment.
这句官方文字印在每张美元纸币上，让人知道该纸币可被接受为支付方式。
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联想：tender 里藏着 tend（照料），照料者叫 tender；投标、补给船、法定货币都是‘提供给对方’的东西。
语域：mixed 常见场景：legal/financial、commercial、culinary、railway/maritime 作为名词，'tender' 的整体语域为混合型：在法律/金融和商务语境中通常指“法定货币”或“投标/报价”，比较正式；在餐饮语境中常指“鸡肉条”，比较随意；在铁路/海事语境中则指“补给车/船”。这类用法都较为常见，建议根据具体上下文判断语域。
All listed words rhyme with tender: they share the stressed vowel /ɛ/ and the ending /ndər/ (or /ndɚ/). Beware of lookalikes: tinder /ˈtɪndər/ changes the vowel, and tenor /ˈtɛnər/ drops the /d/.
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