retender

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verb

To submit a second or subsequent tender; to offer for tender again.

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Meanings

verbretender (third-person singular simple present retenders, present participle retendering, simple past and past participle retendered)

present singular third person retenders · participle present retendering · participle past retendered · past retendered

  1. To submit a second or subsequent tender; to offer for tender again.

    Leicester: The £22 million contract to rebuild the station will have to be retendered by Leicester City Council, because only one contractor submitted a bid.

    2025 March 19, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Midlands”, in RAIL, number 1031, page 26

Origin

From re- + tender.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tenderer
Cite this entry
APA

retender. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retender

MLA

“retender.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retender. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retender,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retender.

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