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VENDED
Verb
vended
simple past tense and past participle of vend
Source: Wiktionary
VEND
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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