Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To offer for sale, especially by peddling.
- intransitive verb To supply (a product or service) to a business for a fee.
- intransitive verb To engage in selling.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sale; market.
- noun Same as
Wend . - To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; sell: as, to
vend goods.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of vending or selling; a sale.
- noun engraving The total sales of coal from a colliery.
- transitive verb To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to
sell - noun The act of vending or selling; a
sale . - noun UK, Australia, dated The total sales of
coal from acolliery .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb sell or offer for sale from place to place
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Art-o-mat machines are retired cigarette vending machines that have been converted to vend art.
Artomat The Nag 2009
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It's always fun to see how many ways entrepreneurial growers vend their wares.
Steve Poses: On the Road: Farm Stands of the Hudson River Valley, NY Steve Poses 2010
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The group hired Capalino + Co. to push for speedier licensing and the right to park and vend at metered spots.
Don't Call Them Softees Sumathi Reddy 2011
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Burak Karacam, owner of the Pera Turkish Taco truck, explains that after obtaining a permit to vend, every employee must possess a "Food Protection Certificate" and a "Sales Tax Certificate of Authority."
Bloomberg's Nanny State Targets Street Food Michael C. Moynihan 2011
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Other times, faucets would vend a spurt of water which was ice cold or scalding hot.
Martha Rosenberg: Is Your Green Building Wasting Water Like This One? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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Earlier this week, NCR began on a nationwide scale to vend certain movies on the same day they're released for sale.
NCR to Install Blockbuster Express Kiosks in RaceTrac Stores Melissa Korn 2011
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But can the record companies survive and the artists whose music they vend?
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Burak Karacam, owner of the Pera Turkish Taco truck, explains that after obtaining a permit to vend, every employee must possess a "Food Protection Certificate" and a "Sales Tax Certificate of Authority."
Bloomberg's Nanny State Targets Street Food Michael C. Moynihan 2011
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Markets cannibalizing each other is a problem, but I think an even greater problem facing farmers markets, especially new ones, is on the supply side: there simply are not enough direct market farmers to vend at all of the markets!
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Hawkers vend their vitamins, electronics, and paintings with full gusto.
Ben Piven: Haitians Surrender to Destiny But Battle for Better Tomorrow Ben Piven 2010
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