VEND

peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch

(verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

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.

Noun

vend (plural vends)

The act of vending or selling; a sale.

(UK, Australia, dated) The total sales of coal from a colliery.

Etymology 2

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• 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



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