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vend

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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.
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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

bartertradepeddlehawkmarkethuckster

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  • 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."

British Dictionary definitions for vending

vend

verb
  1. to sell or be sold
  2. to sell (goods) for a living
  3. (tr) rare to utter or publish (an opinion, etc)
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Derived Formsvendition (vɛnˈdɪʃən), noun

Word Origin

C17: from Latin vendere, contraction of vēnum dare to offer for sale
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Word Origin and History for vending

vend

v.

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.

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