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vend verb [ vɛnd ]

• offer (small items) for sale, either from a stall or from a slot machine.
• "there was a man vending sticky cakes and ices"
Origin: early 17th century (in the sense ‘be sold’): from French vendre or Latin vendere ‘sell’, from venum ‘something for sale’ + a variant of dare ‘give’.


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