Assess offer a tender contains (4)

I believe the answer is:

rate

'assess' is the definition.
(I know that rate is a kind of assess)

'offer a tender contains' is the wordplay.
'contains' indicates a hidden word.
'RATE' is hidden in the letters of 'offer a tender'.

(Other definitions for rate that I've seen before include "Measure of frequency; merit" , "See 16" , "Adjudge" , "Bawl out" , "standard levy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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