Quiz: "tenant" or "tender"?

The correct answer is: tenant

West Ham, the football club, can't buy the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, but it may become a tenant.

A tenant is someone who pays the owner of a building or piece of land rent to use it.

The UK government has confirmed the collapse of the deal to grant the Olympic Stadium to the English professional football club West Ham after the London 2012 Olympic Games. The BBC reports that the board of the Olympic Park Company (OPLC) ended negotiations after delays caused by the legal dispute with rival football club Tottenham. West Ham said it will bid to be the stadium's tenant.

tenant = Mieter(in)

A tender is a formal bid for something, such a contract or a supply of goods. Legal tender is money that is officially used in a country. As an adjective, tender means "gentle and caring", but it is also used to describe meat or food that is easy to cut or chew.

"The OPLC will launch a new tender process for the long-term lease of the Olympic Stadium."

tender process = (offizielles) Angebotsverfahren

"The pound is the legal tender of the United Kingdom."

legal tender = gesetzliches Zahlungsmittel

"After this terrible week at work, I could do with some tender loving care."

tender loving care = liebevolle Zuwendung

"This steak is wonderful — so tender and juicy."

tender = zart