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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Then drove to The Vendue, a luxury hotel on the peninsula, and clocked in at his maintenance job.
From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2016
The Vendue Inn's 18 rooms are organized around an 18th century courtyard, where wine and cheese parties take place each day to the strains of chamber music.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vendue Master--to give a daily account of sales to the treasurer of the Orphan fund, to which institution 1½ per cent. is to be paid from the proceeds of sales.
From The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) by Mann, David Dickinson
Here are you all got together at this Vendue of Fineries and knicknacks!
From An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments by Arber, Thomas Seccombe, Professor
If any person acts as a Vendue Master within the limits of this City without a license from the City Council, he shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000.00.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration
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