Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of selling; sale.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of vending, or selling; sale.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
vending orselling ;sale .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of selling goods for a living
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word vendition.
Examples
-
It is to be had in every parish of the kingdom, and a pretty large quantity is consumed in the metropolis, where several taverns are set apart solely for the vendition of this liquor, the masters never dealing in any other.
-
Sundays -- were the voice and hammer of Mr Evans heard with equal efficacy in the dining-room of the late Duke, which had been appropriated to the vendition of the books; and within that same space (some thirty-five feet by twenty) were such deeds of valour performed, and such feats of book-heroism achieved, as had never been previously beheld, and of which the like will probably never be seen again.
The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton
-
It is to be had in every parish of the kingdom, and a pretty large quantity is consumed in the metropolis, where several taverns are set apart solely for the vendition of this liquor, the masters never dealing in any other.
-
It is to be had in every parish of the kingdom, and a pretty large quantity is consumed in the metropolis, where several taverns are set apart solely for the vendition of this liquor, the masters never dealing in any other.
Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon — Volume 1 Henry Fielding 1730
-
Actually, Nihon belike has a aggregation of filthy lowercase secrets (the info of ground they hit so some robots, the info of ground it's thoughtful OK to delude utilised underclothing in vendition machines), but
Planet Malaysia 2009
-
Actually, Nihon belike has a aggregation of filthy lowercase secrets (the info of ground they hit so some robots, the info of ground it's thoughtful OK to delude utilised underclothing in vendition machines), but
www.awesomeblogs.com 2009
-
I do not, however, grieve much -- indeed, to state the precise truth, I do not grieve at all -- at the dismantling of Strawberry Hill, or at the sale of the Roxburghe library; but at the vendition of Samuel Johnson's dusty and dearly loved books (they were sold by Mr. Christie, "at his Great
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Various
slumry commented on the word vendition
the act of vending; sale
August 1, 2007
arby commented on the word vendition
Is this a real word or did you make it up? C'mon, you can admit it, you're among friends here. - too lazy to look it up
August 1, 2007
slumry commented on the word vendition
It is real--from OED--funny, huh?
August 1, 2007
arby commented on the word vendition
That is totally bizarre!
August 1, 2007
reesetee commented on the word vendition
Yep, it's in a bunch of dictionaries, arby. Like render, rendition.
August 1, 2007
arby commented on the word vendition
I have never come across this word before! It can't be that commonly used.
August 12, 2007