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vendor
CIDE DICTIONARY
vendor, n. [See Vender.].
A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
vendor, n.
1 Law the seller in a sale, esp. of property.
2 = vending-machine (see VEND).
1 Law the seller in a sale, esp. of property.
2 = vending-machine (see VEND).
Etymology
AF vendour (as VEND)
THESAURUS
vendor
arab, automat, cadger, chapman, cheap-jack, cheap-john, cheapjack, coin machine, coin-operated machine, colporteur, coster, costermonger, duffer, hawker, higgler, huckster, peddler, roadman, sidewalk salesman, slot machine, vending machineROGET THESAURUS
vendor
Sale
N sale, vent, disposal, auction, roup, Dutch auction, outcry, vendue, custom, vendibility, vendibleness, seller, vender, vendor, merchant, auctioneer, under the hammer, on the market, for sale, salable, marketable, vendible, unsalable unpurchased, unbought, on one's hands, chose qui plait est a demi vendue.For further exploring for "vendor" in Webster Dictionary Online