v (1)正式提出(供)(offer or present sth formally for acceptance)[T+n，D+n+prep(to)]：～money in payment of a debt 付款還債;～services 提供服務(wù);～one's resignation to the Prime Minister/a suggestion to the committee/apologies to sb 向總理提出辭呈/向委員會提出建議/正式向某人提出道歉;
(2)投標(biāo)(make a formal offer (to supply goods and services，etc) at a certain price)[I，I+prep (for)]：Many firms～ed for the construction of the new airport/the contract to build a new hotel. 許多公司競相投標(biāo)承建新機場/承包建造新飯店。
n 正式投標(biāo)(formal offer to do a job of work at a particular price)[C]：legal～正當(dāng)?shù)耐稑?biāo);accept/submit the lowest～接受/提出最低的投標(biāo)價格;put work out to～公布招標(biāo)的項目;We have received～s from several firms. 我們已經(jīng)收到了幾個公司的投標(biāo)。
【辨異】tender與offer的區(qū)別見OFFER。