vendor
noun/ˈvendə(r)/
/ˈvendər/
- a person who sells things, for example food or newspapers, usually outside on the street
- Jewellery, leather and clothes are offered by street vendors at every corner.
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- (formal) a company that sells a particular product
- software vendors
Extra Examples- Contact the vendor and ask them their rates.
- Get a list of vendors who deliver frozen food.
- (law) a person who is selling a house, etc.
- The cost to the vendor of selling land by auction is normally higher than by private treaty.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Anglo-Norman French vendour from French vendre or Latin vendere ‘sell’, from venum ‘something for sale’ + a variant of dare ‘give’.
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