peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch
(verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vend (third-person singular simple present vends, present participle vending, simple past and past participle vended)
To hawk or to peddle merchandise.
To sell wares through a vending machine.
vend (plural vends)
The act of vending or selling; a sale.
(UK, Australia, dated) The total sales of coal from a colliery.
vend (plural vends)
The letter Ꝩ/ꝩ, used in Old Norse, related to the rune wynn (ᚹ, whence also Latin-script Ƿ/ƿ) but with the bowl open at the top, like a y.
• D. Nev.
Source: Wiktionary
Vend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vended; p. pr. & vb. n. Vending.] Etym: [F. vendre, L. vendere, from venum dare; venus sale + dare to give. See 2d Venal, Date, time.]
Definition: To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell; as, to vend goods; to vend vegetables.
Note: Vend differs from barter. We vend for money; we barter for commodities. Vend is used chiefly of wares, merchandise, or other small articles, not of lands and tenements.
Vend, n.
1. The act of vending or selling; a sale.
2. The total sales of coal from a colliery. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
