vendue
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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En 2019, une copie qu’il avait produite de son oeuvre Astro Boy mosaic, installée plusieurs années auparavant contre un pont de Tokyo, s’est vendue aux enchères pour 1,12 millions de dollars.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2023
That afternoon, with the stained-glass reflections of autumn colors blazing through my window, I pored over an 1832 vendue contract auctioning the care of three female paupers to the lowest bidder in Sandown, N.H.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2022
Here are you all got together at this vendue of fineries knick-knacks.
From One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by Bogardus, C. A.
Soon after the treasurer, making an estimate of the demands upon it, pronounced that all the property of the corporation, if sold at vendue, would not be sufficient to cancel its debts.
From The History of Dartmouth College by Smith, Baxter Perry
He suggested that they subscribe to several country papers, both daily and weekly, and in that way they would learn of any vendue advertised in its columns.
From Polly's Business Venture by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
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