„Tender“

1. A small vessel which serves a larger vessel in a port for the purpose of supplying provisions and carrying passengers to and from ship to shore.

2. An offer of money. An offer to supply something. An offer to present something.

3. To satisfy a claim, an unconditional offer to perform coupled with a manifest ability to carry out the offer.

4. A car connected behind a steam railroad locomotive to carry coal and water. (Almost obsolete).

1. “Seaports and the Shipping Industry” by Philip Weigand, page 84.
2. “Economics: Theory and Practice” by Patrick J. Welch and Gerry F. Welch, page 92.
3. “Common Law: Understanding Legal Concepts” by John E. Jelks, page 356.
4. “A History of the American Locomotive: Its Development in the 19th Century” by John H. White Jr., page 116.