vending, peddling, hawking, vendition
(noun) the act of selling goods for a living
Source: WordNet® 3.1
peddling
present participle of peddle
peddling (plural peddlings)
The act of one who peddles.
peddling (not comparable)
insignificant; unimportant; piddling
Source: Wiktionary
Ped"dling, a.
1. Hawking; acting as a peddler.
2. Petty; insignificant. "The miserable remains of a peddling commerce." Burke.
Ped"dle, v. i. Etym: [From Peddler.]
1. To travel about with wares for sale; to go from place to place, or from house to house, for the purpose of retailing goods; as, to peddle without a license.
2. To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.
Ped"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Peddling.]
Definition: To sell from place to place; to retail by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very small quantities; as, to peddle vegetables or tinware.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
