Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To sell by means of a vending machine.
- v. To sell, especially by peddling.
- v. To offer (an idea, for example) for public consideration.
- v. To engage in selling.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; sell: as, to vend goods.
- n. Sale; market.
- n. Same as Wend.
Wiktionary
- v. to sell
- n. The act of vending or selling; a sale.
- n. UK, Australia, dated The total sales of coal from a colliery.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell.
- n. The act of vending or selling; a sale.
- n. engraving The total sales of coal from a colliery.
WordNet 3.0
- v. sell or offer for sale from place to place
Etymologies
- From Old French vendre, from Latin vendere. (Wiktionary)
- Latin vēndere, shortening of vēnumdare : vēnum, sale; + dare, to give. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“But can the record companies survive and the artists whose music they vend?”
“The group hired Capalino + Co. to push for speedier licensing and the right to park and vend at metered spots.”
“Burak Karacam, owner of the Pera Turkish Taco truck, explains that after obtaining a permit to vend, every employee must possess a "Food Protection Certificate" and a "Sales Tax Certificate of Authority.”
The Wall Street Journal: Bloomberg's Nanny State Targets Street Food
“Earlier this week, NCR began on a nationwide scale to vend certain movies on the same day they're released for sale.”
The Wall Street Journal: NCR to Install Blockbuster Express Kiosks in RaceTrac Stores
“It's always fun to see how many ways entrepreneurial growers vend their wares.”
The Huffington Post: Steve Poses: On the Road: Farm Stands of the Hudson River Valley, NY
“Other times, faucets would vend a spurt of water which was ice cold or scalding hot.”
The Huffington Post: Martha Rosenberg: Is Your Green Building Wasting Water Like This One?
“Markets cannibalizing each other is a problem, but I think an even greater problem facing farmers markets, especially new ones, is on the supply side: there simply are not enough direct market farmers to vend at all of the markets!”
“Art-o-mat machines are retired cigarette vending machines that have been converted to vend art.”
“Hawkers vend their vitamins, electronics, and paintings with full gusto.”
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“He wants to say, “You can't charge an arm and a leg for pretty rocks,” but says, “Tough times, I suppose,” as if the words have ever really had much meaning either to her or anyone else with wares to vend.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘vend’.
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WF - list of EN back-formations
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_back-formations
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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TECH - department store terms
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Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young ...
These words are from Samuel Richardson's novel Clarissa, Or, The History of a Young Lady, 1747-48
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the hotlist
short, sweet, epic, catchy, sassy, sexy & sizzling.
( personal list, randomness )
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Business Words & Terminology
commerce, trade, stock, product, market, bargain, deal, sales, barter, merchandise, patronage, customer and 13 more...
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