vendee
noun
the person to whom a thing is sold.
vendee
1 American
[ven-dee]
/ vɛnˈdi /
noun
Chiefly Law.
Vendée
2
American
[vahn -dey]
/ vɑ̃ˈdeɪ /
noun
Vendée
1
British
/ vɑ̃de /
noun
vendee
2
British
/ vɛnˈdiː /
noun
Etymology
Origin of vendee
Example Sentences
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As a rule, they were paid only by the vendee, and to the market clerk, whose record of the payment was an attestation to the genuineness of the purchase.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
His position is thus that of a surety who is liable to his principal should the vendee make default.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
An innocent purchaser of goods, therefore, for a good consideration obtains a good title, even from a vendee who has obtained them by fraud, as against the original vendor.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney
Purchase -- N. purchase, emption†; buying, purchasing, shopping; preemption, refusal. coemption†, bribery; slave trade. buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee; patron, employer, client, customer, clientele.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
The Roman Mancipation required the presence first of all of the parties, the vendor and vendee, or we should perhaps rather say, if we are to use modern legal language, the grantor and grantee.
From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir
In March, Christian Drouin, a French farmer in the Vendée, discovered that his chickens were dying of avian influenza.
From Science Magazine ● May 11, 2022
Yannick Le Goater, a prosecutor in Vendée, said at a news conference that terrorism was not a factor in the killing.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2021
A western region of France, the Vendée, had been the site of the largest royalist insurrection against the Revolution in early 1793, featuring a rebel army of conservative peasants.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Yachtsman who survived four days in an air pocket under the overturned hull of his boat, following a storm during the non-stop Vendée Globe solo round-the-world race.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2018
For this reason we find Lyons, naturally, after the first enthusiasm is over, by the side of the Vendée at the head of the counter-revolution, even at the beginning of the year 1790.
From Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century by Sombart, Werner
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