vend
verb (used with object)
to sell as one's business or occupation, especially by peddling.
vended
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past participleof vend.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof vend.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
vendverb (used with object)to sell as one's business or occupation, especially by peddling.
Example Sentences
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Since moving back to L.A. in 2014, Wang has vended at local farmers markets, hosted Chinese cooking demos at public libraries and helped staff Filipino restaurant Lasita, a crown jewel of Chinatown’s Far East Plaza.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Tokens are required at the bar, annoyingly vended by machines.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2020
A snack bar vended an array of imported soft drinks, including a range of Coca-Cola products with Vietnamese packaging.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2019
Each diocese has its local sheet, usually vended near the church on Sunday.
From Time Magazine Archive
To local merchants who lacked the knowledge or time to do it themselves, drummers and peddlers vended the medicines already bottled.
From Old English Patent Medicines in America by George B. Griffenhagen
