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DefinitionE-tendering (電子入札) is a system for submitting and opening bids over the internet in tenders for public works, goods, and services.
ExplanationA tender is a method of having several businesses present prices and other terms, then choosing the contract partner from among them. With digitization, businesses no longer need to travel to a venue, and the government has less work receiving and opening bids.
AnalogyInstead of gathering in a hall to hand in envelopes, you drop your quote into an online box before the deadline.
Memory hookThe Japanese word for bidding, nyusatsu, literally means "putting in a slip." Dropping paper slips into a box has given way to submitting online.