Tender

TENDER

-adj.

1. easily broken, cut, or crushed; soft; not tough

2. easily damaged; vulnerable or sensitive

3. having or expressing warm and affectionate feelings

4. kind, merciful, or sympathetic

5. arousing warm feelings; touching

6. gentle and delicate

7. requiring care in handling; ticklish

8. painful or sore

9. sensitive to moral or spiritual feelings

10. (postpositive; followed by “of”) . careful or protective

11. (of a sailing vessel) easily keeled over by a wind; crank.

-verb

12. (trans.) rare

a. to make tender

b. to treat tenderly

-verb

1. (trans.) to give, present, or offer

2. (intr.) (followed by “for”) . to make a formal offer or estimate for (a job or contract)

3. (trans.) law to offer (money or goods) in settlement of a debt or claim

-noun

4. the act or an instance of tendering; offer

5. business a formal offer to supply specified goods or services at a stated cost or rate

6. something, especially money, used as an official medium of payment

Not sure what the locals tender for

But tenderness doesn’t seem to apply