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vendor

[ ven-der; especially contrastively ven-dawr ]

/ ˈvɛn dər; especially contrastively vɛnˈdɔr /

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noun

a person or agency that sells.

vending machine.

Also vender.

Origin of vendor

1585–95; < Anglo-French vendo(u)r < Latin venditor. See vend, -or²

Words nearby vendor

vendeuse, vendible, vendidad, vending machine, vendition, vendor, vendor placing, vendue, vendée, vendémiaire, vendôme

Example sentences from the Web for vendor

If the vendor is hosting the device, what does their system look like in terms of firewalls and other protections?

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“The same ones who killed them used to visit,” the vendor said.

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I was buying a book from a vendor in a crowded, fluorescent-lit convention center.

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This vendor found bug in system and stole 5400 BTC—your money, our provisions, all was stolen.

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The agency had its own table in the vendor hall, and a special recruitment website was set up for the festivities.

How the NSA Recruits in a Post-Snowden World |Joshua Kopstein |January 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The dealer made his calculation, with many side-glances at the vendor.

New Grub Street |George Gissing
The vendor, perceiving that the unfolded merchandise has caught the eye of a possible purchaser, commences his opening speech.

Eothen |A. W. Kinglake
And yet we may be more completely the victims of illusion than our vendor of spiritualistic 53 revelation.

Mountain Meditations |L. Lind-af-Hageby
She made him stop to buy chestnuts of an Italian vendor, she led him toward his tales of the Philippines.

The House of Mystery |William Henry Irwin
I apologize for doing you the momentary injustice of suspecting that you were going to play off the vendor's shares on me.

The Market-Place |Harold Frederic

British Dictionary definitions for vendor

vendor

vender (ˈvɛndə)

/ (ˈvɛndɔː) /

noun

mainly law a person who sells something, esp real property

another name for vending machine