vendor

[ven-der, ven-dawr]

noun

1. a person or agency that sells.

2. vending machine.

vendor

/ ˈvɛndɔː, ˈvɛndə /

noun

1. law a person who sells something, esp real property

2. another name for vending machine

Word History and Origins

Origin of vendor¹

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

Example Sentences

Panigrahi believes Oracle can turn to a combination of debt, vendor financing, leasing and other “creative partnership structures” to address this issue.

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"My business is dying," a vendor in the central town of Mopti told the AFP news agency about her problems keeping fish refrigerated.

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“The market wants more supply from different vendors, and that’s what AMD is now doing,” Gold said.

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He sources discs from garage and estate sales, thrift shops, record stores and vendor events, and listens on a player Sony introduced in 2002.

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That’s an asset Anthropic hopes to tap as it works to entrench itself as a trusted AI vendor to large enterprises.

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Related Words

• dealer 
• hawker 
• merchant 
• peddler 

When To Use

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.