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Webster 1913 Edition


Vend

Vend

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Vended
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Vending
.]
[F.
vendre
, L.
vendere
, from
venum dare
;
venus
sale +
dare
to give. See 2d
Venal
,
Date
, time.]
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
.
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

,
Noun.
1.
The act of vending or selling; a sale.
2.
The total sales of coal from a colliery.
[Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Vend

VEND

,
Verb.
T.
[L. vendo.]
To sell; to transfer a thing and the exclusive right of possessing it, to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; as, to vend goods; to vend meat and vegetables in market. Vending differs from barter. We vend for money; we barter for commodities. Vend is applicable only to wares, merchandize, or other small articles, not to lands and tenements. We never say, to vend a farm, a lease, or a bond, a right or a horse.

Definition 2024


vend

vend

English

Verb

vend (third-person singular simple present vends, present participle vending, simple past and past participle vended)

  1. to hawk or to peddle merchandise
  2. to sell wares through a vending machine

Translations

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Noun

vend (plural vends)

  1. The act of vending or selling; a sale.
  2. (Britain, Australia, dated) The total sales of coal from a colliery.

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wen-ta, from earlier *wena. A gerund formation from [1]. Has been compared to Illyrian toponyms Vendum and Avendius (Latin rendition of Ούένδων)

Noun

vend m

  1. place
  2. location
  3. (plot of) land
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References

  1. Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛn/, [vɛnˀ]

Verb

vend

  1. imperative of vende

Estonian

Etymology

Possibly an irregular variant of veli (brother).

Noun

vend (genitive venna, partitive venda)

  1. brother
  2. (colloquial) guy, dude, fellow, chap

Declension

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French

Verb

vend

  1. third-person singular present indicative of vendre

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Wende (Wend, Sorbian).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛnd]
  • Hyphenation: vend

Adjective

vend (not comparable)

  1. Wendish, Sorbian

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

vend (plural vendek)

  1. (dated) Slovene, Slovenian (person)
  2. Wend, Sorb (person)
  3. (singular only) Wendish, Sorbian (language)

See also


Norman

Verb

vend

  1. third-person singular present indicative of vendre
  2. second-person singular imperative of vendre

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vend

  1. imperative of vende