VENDING

vending, peddling, hawking, vendition

(noun) the act of selling goods for a living

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

vending

present 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