Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vend"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vend \Vend\, n.
1. The act of vending or selling; a sale.
2. The total sales of coal from a colliery. [Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vend
v : sell or offer for sale from place to place [syn: {peddle}, {monger},
{huckster}, {hawk}, {pitch}]
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