vend

[vend]

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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.

Origin of vend

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

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

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Related Words for vending

barter, trade, peddle, hawk, market, huckster

Examples from the Web for vending

Contemporary Examples of vending

Retailers have entered the terminals and the vending machines offer everything from deodorant to iPads.
American Apparel Appoints First Female Board Member; Britney Spears Is Designing Lingerie
The Fashion Beast Team
July 24, 2014
Who knew a country notorious for selling used underwear in vending machines could be so prudish?
Japan’s Hypocritical Vagiphobia
Lizzie Crocker
July 16, 2014
I am entirely supportive of this change, though I wish the vending machines hadnever been allowed in the first place.
The Government is Still Failing Kids on School Lunches
Russell Saunders
May 25, 2014
They'll buy your teenage daughter an abortion but they won't let her buy a sugary soda in a school's vending machine.
Watch Your Back, Sarah
Margaret Carlson
September 17, 2010

Historical Examples of vending

O'Mally, verbose as ever, did all the talking and vending of news.
The Lure of the Mask
Harold MacGrath
How long had he been vending his goods through Cazenove street?
The Incendiary
W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
And it is not slate-writing, toe-joint snapping, fortune-telling, or the vending of charms.
Visionaries
James Huneker
Stanton went through the door of the automatic restaurant and walked over to the vending wall.
Anything You Can Do ...
Gordon Randall Garrett
For the long period of fifteen years, he travelled over the country, vending his volume of "Woodnotes."
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V.
Various

British Dictionary definitions for vending

vend

verb

to sell or be sold

to sell (goods) for a living

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

Derived Formsvendition (vɛnˈdɪʃən), noun

Word Origin for vend

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

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Word Origin and History for vending

vend

late 14c., from Latin vendere "to sell, praise," contraction of venumdare "offer for sale," from venum "for sale" (see venal) + dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). Related: Vended; vending. Vending machine is recorded from 1889.