Accept
Accept verb - To agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly.
Tender
Tender verb - To put before another for acceptance or consideration.
Usage example: the coach tendered his resignation and started a new career as a physical therapist
Both words in one sentence
- If you already owe someone money and he doesn't accept your legal tender, he risks having the whole debt cancelled.
Source: Paying in Coins - These are legal tender but are minted for the collectors market - most shops will have never seen them and will refuse to accept them.
Source: Rare Money -
Clough and Taylor think they're indispensible at Derby, so to strengthen their position in their feud with Longson, they tender their resignations, not expecting the board to accept them.
Source: Literature / The Damned United
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