vend

[ vend ]

/ vɛnd /

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verb (used with object)

to sell as one's business or occupation, especially by peddling: to vend flowers at a sidewalk stand.

to give utterance to (opinions, ideas, etc.); publish.

verb (used without object)

to engage in the sale of merchandise.

to be disposed of by sale.

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Origin of vend

1610–20; <Latin vendere to sell, contraction of vēnum (or vēnō) dare to offer for sale; see venal

OTHER WORDS FROM vend

vend·a·ble, adjectivere·vend, verb (used with object)un·vend·a·ble, adjectiveun·vend·ed, adjective

Words nearby vend

venae rectae, venal, venality, venatic, venation, vend, Venda, vendace, Vendean, vendee, Vendémiaire

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How to use vend in a sentence

In another, he notices the changing technological landscape, from vending machines to mobile homes, and wonders if it will make us more prone to instant gratification.
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From contactless check-in to vending machine meals, chatbot concierges to heightened cleanliness certifications, it’s all part of the new normal for travel.
Hotels will never be the same|Nadja Sayej|June 25, 2021|Vox
In that case, finding a location to vend in the central business district could be tough.
DC Wants to Put Many of Its Food Trucks Out of Business|Megan McArdle|March 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The candle was yet in his hand, showing him my bulk, and perhaps the small clothes he had longed to vend.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood

She looked at me with contempt, "Les ballons, ca ne se vend pas, ca se donne."
Balloons|Elizabeth Bibesco
The room every night has the appearance of a market-place, where beggars vend and where beggars are the purchasers.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862|Various
Le ciel nous vend toujours les biens quil nous prodigue, may be applied to my poor Father emphatically.
Biographia Epistolaris Volume 2|Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Christianity of Tennyson is a very different thing from the Christianity they vend to the credulous multitude.
Flowers of Freethought|George W. Foote

British Dictionary definitions for vend

vend

/ (vɛnd) /

verb

to sell or be sold

to sell (goods) for a living

(tr) rare to utter or publish (an opinion, etc)

Derived forms of vend

vendition (vɛnˈdɪʃən), noun

Word Origin for vend

C17: from Latin vendere, contraction of vēnum dare to offer for sale

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