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vendor

[ ven-der; contrastively ven-dawr ]

noun

  1. a person or agency that sells.


vendor

/ ˈvɛndɔː; ˈvɛndə /

noun

  1. law a person who sells something, esp real property
  2. another name for vending machine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of vendor1

1585–95; < Anglo-French vendo ( u ) r < Latin venditor. See vend, -or 2
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Example Sentences

Unlike vendors who shifted to the cloud tools like HR, CRM or ERP, Box has been building a way to manage content in the cloud.

Gartner noted that Apple had a better quarter than other smartphone vendors because of an improving market in China, where the iPhone-maker sells a significant number devices.

From Fortune

Because the couple is already deep in the process of planning a wedding and dealing with everyone from their own family members to vendors, Swann says guests shouldn’t give them anything else to think about.

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In the past, companies had limited options in commercial-grade databases from a handful of vendors.

They are then prompted to fill out a short questionnaire and post a job request without being required to select a particular service provider or vendor in advance.

If the vendor is hosting the device, what does their system look like in terms of firewalls and other protections?

“The same ones who killed them used to visit,” the vendor said.

I was buying a book from a vendor in a crowded, fluorescent-lit convention center.

Al-Shahzad failed to properly detonate his bomb and was reported to the New York police by a Muslim-American street vendor.

Titanic once bet a peanut vendor $10 he could throw a peanut across Times Square in New York.

A poor vendor of pamphlets and newspapers, coming out of a reading-room, was accused of selling books favorable to royalty.

A vendor or seller of property, may have for the money he is to receive a lien, which is nearly the same thing as a mortgage.

If thou be not a buyer of gold, nor a vendor of silver, tarry not at my door; I have no time for beggars.

The vendor said he could get fourpence a pound for the whole, and that it made capital Bristol board.

The vendor of stars looked at him in her direct serious fashion.

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More About Vendor

What is a vendor?

A vendor is a person or business that sells something, as in The school lunch really improved after it changed food vendors.

A vendor is also a machine that dispenses items after you put money into it. It’s more often called a vending machine.

Example: The vendor told me that the box has a scratch, so she’s selling it cheap.

Where does vendor come from?

The first records of the term vendor come from around 1585. It ultimately comes from the Latin venditor. It combines vend, meaning “to sell something as a business’s main form of income” and the suffix or, which creates nouns that denote a condition or property of a person.

When you hear the word vendor, you likely think of someone selling food or small items from a cart on a street corner or at an outdoor event, like a parade. When a business purchases products or services from another business, that second business is often referred to as a vendor. For example, when a business wants to create a food product involving tomatoes, the company that supplies the tomatoes will be the vendor, while the company that uses them is the buyer.

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What are some other forms related to vendor?

  • vender (alternative spelling)

What are some synonyms for vendor?

What are some words that share a root or word element with vendor

What are some words that often get used in discussing vendor?

How is vendor used in real life?

Vendor is a common word, often used to describe a person or company who sells something.

Try using vendor!

Which of the following is NOT a synonym for vendor?

A. salesperson
B. buyer
C. dealer
D. peddler

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