tender [?tend?]
a.嫩的；温柔的 vt.(正式)提出 vi./ n.投标
bid [bid]
n.企图；投标 vi.投标 vt.出(价)；祝；命令
bid
1) An offer or proposal of a price.
2) The amount offered or proposed:
e.g.: They lost the contract because their bid was too high.
3) An invitation, especially one offering membership in a group or club.
4) The act of bidding in cards.
5) The number of tricks or points declared.
6) The trump or no-trump declared.
7) The turn of a player to bid.
8) An earnest effort to win or attain something:
e.g.: made a bid for the presidency.
tender
1) A formal offer, as:
2) (Law) An offer of money or service in payment of an obligation.
3) A written offer to contract goods or services at a specified cost or rate; a bid.
4) Something, especially money, offered in payment.
5) To offer formally:
e.g.: tender a letter of resignation.See Synonyms at offer
Bid在英文词典里的释义为：to offer to pay a particular price for sth., especially at an auction和to offer to do work or provide a service for a particular price, in competition with other companies, etc. 看来，将其译成“投标”应该不错，但是，我们在其后的解释中发现它的同义词就是tender；而在tender项下，该词典解释到：“v. to make a formal offer to supply goods to carry out work a stated price”和“n. a formal offer to supply goods or carry out work at a stated price”，其意义也是“投标”或“标书”，在词典中“tender”后也标着SYN（同义词）为BID (idem)。笔者在许多国际招标文件中读到，“bidders”被译成投标人，“bidding documents”既有译成“招标文件”的，也有译成“标书”的，而在FIDIC Tendering Procedure中“tenderers”指“投标人”， “tender”有时指“招标”，有时又指“投标”、“投标文件”，由此看来，bid和tender在招投标活动中所表达的意义是相同的，它的确切含义应由使用者在招投标活动中所处的地位及其context