soumission

submission, surrender

noun soo-mee-SYOHN Rare

Also means

bid, tender (commercial)

Usage Note

Soumission covers both the act of submitting to authority and the formal commercial sense of submitting a bid or tender for a contract. The verb soumettre (to submit, to subject) is its root, and the adjective soumis means submissive or subject to. In a religious context it can carry connotations of obedience to God.

Examples

"La soumission de l'offre est obligatoire."

Natural Translation

Submission of the bid is mandatory.

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