vendition

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  1. The act of selling; sale. [Rare.] By way of vendition, or sale, he gives them up. Langley, Sermons (1644), p. 20. (Latham.)

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  • It is to be had in every parish of the kingdom, and a pretty large quantity is consumed in the metropolis, where several taverns are set apart solely for the vendition of this liquor, the masters never dealing in any other. —  Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon — Volume 1
  • Sundays -- were the voice and hammer of Mr Evans heard with equal efficacy in the dining-room of the late Duke, which had been appropriated to the vendition of the books; and within that same space (some thirty-five feet by twenty) were such deeds of valour performed, and such feats of book-heroism achieved, as had never been previously beheld, and of which the like will probably never be seen again. —  The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
  • I do not, however, grieve much -- indeed, to state the precise truth, I do not grieve at all -- at the dismantling of Strawberry Hill, or at the sale of the Roxburghe library; but at the vendition of Samuel Johnson's dusty and dearly loved books (they were sold by Mr. Christie, "at his Great —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864
 

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  1. from Latin venditio(n-), a sale, from vendere, past participle venditus, sell: see vend.
 

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