vend
oxford
views updated Jun 27 2018vend / vend/ • v. [tr.] offer (small items, esp. food) for sale, esp. either from a stall or from a slot machine: there was a man vending sticky cakes and ices. ∎ Law or formal sell (something).DERIVATIVES: vend·i·ble (also vend·a·ble) adj.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
vend
oxford
views updated May 21 2018vend sell; give utterance to. XVII. — (O)F.
vendre or L.
vēndere, f.
vēnum (see
VENAL) +
dare give.
So
vender,
vendor XVI. — AN.
vendo(u)r (modF.
vendeur); see
-ER1,
-OR1.
vendible saleable. XIV. — L. Hence
vendee XVI.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
Vendee
gale
views updated May 29 2018VENDEE
Buyer or purchaser; an individual to whom anything is transferred by a sale.
The term vendee is ordinarily used in reference to a buyer of real property.
West's Encyclopedia of American Law
