Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vending"
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vending
n : the act of selling goods for a living [syn: {peddling}, {hawking},
{vendition}]
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