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vendition|vɛnˈdɪʃən| Also 6 vendicion, Sc. -itioune, wend-, 7 Sc. venditioun. [ad. L. venditio, noun of action from vendĕre to sell. So OF. vendicion, obs. F. vendition, Sp. vendicion, It. vendizione.] The action of selling; disposal or transfer by sale.
1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. 109 b, It might more truely bee called a spuyng, then a vendicion or sale. 1559Abst. Protocols Town Clerks Glasgow (1896) II. 73 The uenditioune and alienatioune maid thairof to the said Androw. 1602W. Fulbecke 2nd Pt. Parallel 29 It is of a vendition by the tenant in taile. 1659J. Arrowsmith Chain Princ. 490 His directing and ordering great sins to great good, as Josephs vendition to the Churches preservation. 1754Fielding Voy. Lisbon Wks. 1882 VII. 60 Several taverns are set apart solely for the vendition of this liquor. 1828Sewell in Oxf. Prize Ess. 26 The still more prevailing practice of vendition to slavery and prostitution. 1863Temple Bar IX. 65 The Marché St. Honoré is the most usual place for their vendition. |