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Tender

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 2 definitions
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Tender definition 1

Inkontileka kahulumeni (Government contract)

"Chasing tenders again (Pursuing government contracts again)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026
DEFINITION 2

Tender definition 2

Regering kontrak (Government contract)

"Got the tender! (Got the government contract!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇿🇦 South Africa
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Tender 🇧🇼 Botswana

Tender (Government contract)

"Ke bone tender (I got a tender)"
Tender 🇺🇬 Uganda

Tender (Government contract)

"Yafuna tender (He got a tender)"

🇿🇦 About South Africa Slang

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🌍 "Tender" Across Africa

This word is also used in 6 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Tender 🇧🇼 Botswana

Tender (Government contract)
Tender 🇺🇬 Uganda

Tender (Government contract)
Tender 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Aqd hukumi (Government contract)
Tender 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Isivumelwano sikahulumende / Ithuba lokusebenzela uhulumende (Government contract / Opportunity to work for government)
Tender 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ጨረታ/ጨረታ (Tender)
Tender 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Konteraka ea mmuso / Mosebetsi oa sechaba (Government contract / Public work)

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