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vend
I. \ˈvend\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin vendere, contraction of venumdere, from venum sale + -dere (from dare to give) — more at venal, date
intransitive verb
: to become an object of commerce : change hands through sale
< a product that should vend well >
also : to engage in selling
< merchants planning to vend abroad >
transitive verb
1.
a. : to transfer to another for a pecuniary equivalent
< planned to vend his household goods >
b. : to engage in the sale of often by hawking or peddling
< vended fruit on that corner for many years >
< developed a machine for vending hot coffee >
2. : to put forth in or as a statement : utter publicly : publish abroad
< uttering such comments as ought not to have been vended from a pulpit >
II. noun
(-s)
Britain : an occasion or act of vending : sale; especially : the total sales of a colliery especially as restricted by annual agreement
III. noun
or ve·ned \və̇ˈnd\
(plural vends \-n(d)z\ ; or ve·ne·di \və̇ˈnedē\)
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: vend alteration (influenced by Latin Venedi Vends) of wend (II); vened from Latin Venedi, Veneti, plural, Vends
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