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[syn: peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vend \Vend\, n.
1. The act of vending or selling; a sale.
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2. The total sales of coal from a colliery. [Eng.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vend \Vend\, v. 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.
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Note: 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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vend
v 1: sell or offer for sale from place to place [syn: peddle,
monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch]