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.

Words related to vend

barter, trade, peddle, hawk, market, huckster

Words nearby vend

venae rectae, venal, venality, venatic, venation, vend, venda, vendace, vendean, vendee, vender

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

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Examples from the Web for vend

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
It need only be added that at the close of the colloquy between Zoroaster and Ormazd given in Vend.
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In 1510 an alliance was also formed between Sweden and the Vend cities.
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa|Paul Barron Watson
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

Mrs. St. Felix continued to vend her tobacco, and I never failed seeing her on my visits to Greenwich.
Poor Jack|Frederick Marryat
The tobacco will not vend in England, the Hollanders will not fetch it from England; what must become thereof?
The Planters of Colonial Virginia|Thomas J. Wertenbaker

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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