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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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
The boy told that the Doanes were at his father’s house, and the miller sent the word to a vendue in the neighborhood.
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle
A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Now, Lyddy believed that this young man was altogether too prone to meddle with other people’s affairs; yet ever since the Widow Harrison’s vendue she had been more friendly with Harris.
From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Amy Bell Marlowe
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 Baxter Perry Smith
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