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