vend

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

vend, v. t. [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.  [1913 Webster]
" 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."  [1913 Webster]

vend, n. 

•  The act of vending or selling; a sale.  [1913 Webster]
•  The total sales of coal from a colliery.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vend, v.tr.
1 offer (small wares) for sale.
2 Law sell.

Idiom

vending-machine a machine that dispenses small articles for sale when a coin or token is inserted.

Derivative

vender n. (usu. in comb.). vendible adj.

Etymology

F vendre or L vendere sell (as VENAL, dare give)

ROGET THESAURUS

vend

Sale

VB sell, vend, dispose of, effect a sale, sell over the counter, sell by auction, dispense, retail, deal in, sell off, sell out, turn into money, realize, bring to the hammer, bring under the hammer, put up to auction, put up for auction, offer for sale, put up for sale, hawk, bring to market, offer, undersell, let, mortgage.