vendue

[ ven-doo, -dyoo ]

/ vɛnˈdu, -ˈdyu /

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noun

a public auction.

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Origin of vendue

1680–90; <Dutch vendu<Middle French vendue sale, noun use of feminine of vendu, past participle of vendre to sell; see vend

Words nearby vendue

vending machine, vendition, Vendôme, vendor, vendor placing, vendue, veneer, veneering, veneer patch, venene, venenose

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How to use vendue in a sentence

In the same year we meet for the first time, vendue masters and public auctions.
A short history of Rhode Island|George Washington Greene
When my husband would not pay the war tax, as Friends would not, the vendue master took away these tankards and sold them.
The Red City|S. Weir Mitchell
Also in this same year it is named as the place of public vendue of land situated on Broadway.
All About Coffee|William H. Ukers
But I never could, and I never shall, abide the sight of the red and ruthless flag of the vendue-master.
Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864|Various

Vendue--no person to sell goods by, unless licensed, those exempt by act of parliament excepted, under the penalty of 50l.
The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811)|David Dickinson Mann

British Dictionary definitions for vendue

vendue

/ (ˈvɛndjuː) /

noun

US a public sale; auction

Word Origin for vendue

C17: from Dutch vendu, from Old French vendue a sale, from vendre to sell, from Latin vendere

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