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Executor and Tender

noun

  • A person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will. .

EXECUTOR is a legal entity, frequently an individual, known before death to a testator, who is named in the testator's will to carry out the desires of the deceased after his death as designated in the will. Executors must be approved by the court of law probating the will. An executor pays all indebtedness as claimed by creditors of the estate, with the approval of the court of law, and then carries out or executes the will according to the terms set forth by the testator.

noun

  • Something that can be used as an official medium of payment.
  • Someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another.
  • A formal proposal to buy at a specified price.
  • Car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water.
  • A boat for communication between ship and shore.
  • Ship that usually provides supplies to other ships.

verb

  • Offer or present for acceptance.
  • Propose a payment.
    • usage: "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
  • Make a tender of; in legal settlements.
  • Make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer.
    • usage: "tenderize meat"

adjective

  • Given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality.
    • usage: "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"
  • Hurting.
    • usage: "the tender spot on his jaw"
  • Young and immature.
    • usage: "at a tender age"
  • Having or displaying warmth or affection.
    • usage: "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"
  • Easy to cut or chew.
    • usage: "tender beef"
  • Physically untoughened.
    • usage: "tender feet"
  • Used of boats. ( inclined to heel over easily under sail)
  • Of plants. ( not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition)
    • usage: "tender green shoots"
Tender is a feminine given name

1. To deliver payment or an item one is obliged to deliver. 2. To produce evidence of one's ability to meet one's obligations under a contract for the purposes of preserving one's right to sue another party to the contract who is not able to carry out the contract.