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vend.

Synonym of sell, (now especially) to sell through a vending machine.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/vɛnd/
  1. Synonym of sell, (now especially) to sell through a vending machine.

  2. To provide or export functionality, especially from an API.

    transitive · uncommon
Where this word comes from

17th century, likely a backformation from earlier vendible, vendee, vendor inspired by the underlying French vendre, from Old French vendre, from Latin vendere, from vēnum dāre (“to give (something for) sale”).

noun/vɛnd/
  1. The act of vending or selling; a sale.

  2. The total sales of coal from a colliery.

    Australia · UK · dated
Where this word comes from

17th century, likely a backformation from earlier vendible, vendee, vendor inspired by the underlying French vendre, from Old French vendre, from Latin vendere, from vēnum dāre (“to give (something for) sale”).

noun
  1. The letter Ꝩ/ꝩ, used in Old Norse, related to the rune wynn (ᚹ, whence also Latin-script Ƿ/ƿ) but with the bowl open at the top, like a y.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Norse vend. Compare wynn.

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