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vend

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vend  (vnd)
v. vend·ed, vend·ing, vends
v.tr.
1.
a. To sell by means of a vending machine.
b. To sell, especially by peddling.
2. To offer (an idea, for example) for public consideration.
v.intr.
To engage in selling.
[Latin vndere, shortening of vnumdare : vnum, sale; see wes-3 in Indo-European roots + dare, to give; see d- in Indo-European roots.]
vend
Verb
to sell (goods) [Latin vendere to sell]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.vendvend - sell or offer for sale from place to place
hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, pitch
sell, trade, deal - do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"


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And as it was tyranny in any government to require the first, so it was weakness not to enforce the second: for a man may be allowed to keep poisons in his closet, but not to vend them about for cordials.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
Billington, and dance like Hillisberg or Parisot; and embroider beautifully; and spell as well as a Dixonary itself; but she had such a kindly, smiling, tender, gentle, generous heart of her own, as won the love of everybody who came near her, from Minerva herself down to the poor girl in the scullery, and the one-eyed tart-woman's daughter, who was permitted to vend her wares once a week to the young ladies in the Mall.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
This was an antic fellow, half pedlar and half mountebank, who travelled about the country on foot to vend hones, stops, razors, washballs, harness-paste, medicine for dogs and horses, cheap perfumery, cosmetics, and such-like wares, which he carried in a case slung to his back.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
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