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vend (vend)

transitive verb

  1. to sell, esp. by peddling
  2. Now Rare to give public expression to (opinions); publish

Etymology: Fr vendre < L vendere, contr. < venum dare, to offer for sale < *venus, sale (see venal) + dare, to give

intransitive verb

  1. to sell goods
  2. Archaic to be disposed of by sale

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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