vendor

[ven-der; especially contrastively ven-dawr]

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noun

a person or agency that sells.

vending machine.

Nearby words

Also vender.

Origin of vendor

1585–95; < Anglo-French vendo(u)r < Latin venditor. See vend, -or²

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Gone are the days when a few rows of vendors hawked books to hardcore fans.
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Chinese vendors have also changed tactics to avoid getting caught.
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A large quantity of wine found to be diluted with ditch water, and sold to our soldiers, was destroyed, and the vendors fined.
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The same credulity which makes the fortunes of quack p. 808doctors, enriches the vendors of “Patent Medicines.”
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At the foot of the Spanish Steps are the vendors of flowers.
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Copper as an internal remedy is not in favour either with quacks or vendors of patent medicines.
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The other commodities were addressed to the general public; but they were never offered by the vendors to Mr Dombey.
Dombey and Son|Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for vendors

vendor

vender (ˈvɛndə)

noun

mainly law a person who sells something, esp real property

another name for vending machine

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Word Origin and History for vendors

vendor

1590s, from late Anglo-French vendor, from vendre "to vend," from Latin vendere "to sell" (see vend).

vendor

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