单词 | vendue |
释义 | venduen. Chiefly U.S. regional (originally and chiefly north-eastern) and Caribbean. A public sale; an auction. Frequently in at (a) vendue, by vendue. Now chiefly historical except in the legal formula public vendue.In early use sometimes also in an Indian context (cf. quot. 1793 for vendue master n. at Compounds 2), probably as an independent borrowing from Dutch. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > [noun] > auction port-salea1513 outroop1578 auction1595 subhastation1600 outcryc1604 outsalea1670 roup1676 vendue1679 cant1705 auction-sale1820 silent auction1866 absolute auction1870 society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > [adverb] > at or by auction sub hasta1600 at (a) vendue1679 1679 in Rec. Court of New Castle on Delaware (1904) 281 Walter Wharton deceased had bougt [sic] att the vendu of Martin Roosemond deceased, a bed and furniture for the sume of 175 gilders in wheat. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxxvi. 324 I went ashore [at Port Royal], and having purchased a laced waistcoat,..at a vendue [1760 a sale], made a swaggering figure. 1781 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 402 The retailing vendues, which are tolerated here, ruin the shop-keepers. 1804 European Mag. 45 20/2 I was..knocked down at vendue to old 'Squire Kegworth. 1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 6 [To] have a vendue, and sell out everything before the snow flew. 2002 E. Tunis Tavern at Ferry vii. 52/2 Along with goods, animals, land, and slaves, paupers and convicted criminals were auctioned at vendues in the yard. 2009 Excelsior Springs (Missouri) Standard (Nexis) 6 Feb. The undersigned Successor Trustee..will on February 11, 2009..sell at public vendue to the highest bidder for cash, the following real estate. Compounds C1. General use as a modifier. ΚΠ 1679 in Rec. Court of New Castle on Delaware (1904) 314 The Purchazrs were obliged to pay all the vendu Charges etc. 1798 E. H. Bay Rep. Cases Superior Courts S.-Carolina 103 The goods were in a vendue store, a common market, a public place, known and established in law. 1828 Marly: Planter's Life in Jamaica 180 Marly entered the vendue room. 1958 Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 25 393 The trustee purchased trust land at a tax sale with the intent to strengthen the title through vendue sale. 2004 T. H. Breen Marketplace of Revol. iv. 140 The vendue price struck her as a bargain. C2. vendue crier n. now historical a person who conducts public sales, an auctioneer. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > auctioneer portsale-maker1552 crier1556 rouper1560 outcrier1577 outroper1583 vendue master1679 auctioneer1708 sale-factor1770 vendue crier1778 1778 in F. S. Fox Sweet Land of Liberty (2000) xii. 132 [Before his departure from Philadelphia, Myler sold his watch] to one Ross, a vendue crier, for £13. 1918 Brewster (N.Y.) Standard 25 Jan. There is no doubt that he coaxed more dimes and dollars from the pockets of buyers who believed at the time that they were getting a bargain than any other vendue crier of his day and generation. 2000 Pennsylvania Hist. 67 172 Fries was a vendue crier. vendue house n. a building in which public sales are conducted, an auction house.Now historical or occurring in the names of buildings formerly used for this purpose. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place of auction > [noun] auction-house1682 vendue house1755 auction-room1767 sale-room1813 auction-mart1821 sales room1840 1755 in Earthquakes Improved (single sheet) Sold by J. Green, opposite Mr. Church's Vendue House. 1875 Savannah (Georgia) Morning News 12 June John Hamilton, for a store adjoining the Vendue-House. 2016 @BahamianSoul242 23 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 17 Sept. 2020) Vendue House now home to Pompey Museum, Nassau, The Bahamas. vendue master n. now historical an official with authority over public sales; (also) a person who conducts public sales, an auctioneer. [Apparently after Dutch vendumeester (1545 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > auctioneer portsale-maker1552 crier1556 rouper1560 outcrier1577 outroper1583 vendue master1679 auctioneer1708 sale-factor1770 vendue crier1778 1679 in Rec. Court of New Castle on Delaware (1904) 281 Upon the Peticon of Ephraim Herman vendu Master. 1761 Descr. S. Carolina 33 There is also..a Receiver-general of the Quit-rents, a Vendue Master, and Naval Officer. 1793 in W. S. Seton-Carr Select. Calcutta Gaz. (1865) II. 99 The Governor General in Council is pleased to notify that Mr. Williamson, as the [East India] Company's Vendu Master is to have the superintendence and management of all sales at the Presidency. 1831 M. Prince Hist. W. Indian Slave in H. L. Gates Six Women's Slave Narr. (1988) 4 At length the vendue master, who was to offer us for sale like sheep or cattle, arrived and asked my mother which was the eldest. 2009 R. H. Schloss Sweet Liberty ii. 68 According to the Colonial Office, in the future the vendue master would oversee all sales, whether of immoveables or moveables, voluntarily made by the island's inhabitants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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