vend

American  

[vend] / vɛnd /

verb (used with object)

1. to sell as one's business or occupation, especially by peddling.

   to vend flowers at a sidewalk stand.

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

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verb (used without object)

1. to engage in the sale of merchandise.

2. to be disposed of by sale.

vend British  

/ vɛnˈdɪʃən, vɛnd /

verb

1. to sell or be sold

2. to sell (goods) for a living

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

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Other Word Forms

• revend
  verb (used with object)
• unvendable
  adjective
• unvended
  adjective
• vendable
  adjective
• vendition
  noun

Etymology

Origin of vend

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

Explanation

When you vend, you sell something — for example, you might have a table at a crafts fair where you vend your line of hand-knit dog clothing. Typically, the verb vend is used when the seller is on the move in some way, setting up a stall in a street fair or hawking homemade cupcakes out of a minivan at high school football games. Another way to use vend is specifically "to sell something out of a machine," like the kind you put a dollar in and get a bag of chips in return. The Latin root is vendere, "to sell."

Example Sentences

We own Vend Marketplace, a Norwegian classifieds company, whose stock is down 25% over the past year.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Jenn Laurent, who organizes the Black Women Vend Night Market at Leimert Park, says it will take more than an extended permit to encourage new night markets and farmers markets to enter the scene.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2023

At retail management platform operator Vend, the plan is to increase business in the U.S. by partnering with PayPal and Twitter Inc founder Jack Dorsey's Square mobile payment system, rather than competing against them.

From Reuters • Mar. 24, 2014

Let's take a look at some of the so-called "healthy" vending machine choices being sold by Vend Natural: • Sensible Food Organic Crunch Dried Snacks—Apple Harvest.

From US News • Mar. 7, 2013

As the Vend Cities were to be present, Gustavus answered that he would communicate with Lubeck, and so soon as he had word from her would give a definite reply.

From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Watson, Paul Barron