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ven·dor

also vend·er (vĕn′dər)

1. One that sells or vends something: a street vendor; a vendor of software products on the Web.

2. One that provides products or services to a business for a fee.

3. A vending machine.

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vendor

(ˈvɛndɔː) or

vender

1. (Law) chiefly law a person who sells something, esp real property

2. (General Engineering) another name for vending machine

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ven•dor

(ˈvɛn dər; esp. contrastively vɛnˈdɔr)

n.

1. a person or agency that sells.

2. vending machine.

[1585–95; < Latin venditor]

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Noun

vendor - someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

marketer, seller, trafficker, vender

booking clerk, ticket agent - someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)

cosmetician - someone who sells or applies cosmetics

flower girl - a woman who sells flowers in the street

fruiterer - a person who sells fruit

cheap-jack, huckster - a seller of shoddy goods

merchandiser, merchant - a businessperson engaged in retail trade

hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchman - someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)

selling agent - someone who sells goods (on commission) for others

dealer - a seller of illicit goods; "a dealer in stolen goods"

underseller - a seller that sells at a lower price than others do; "he went all over town looking for undersellers"

vendor

noun seller, dealer, trader, retailer, supplier, merchant, stockist, shopkeeper, hawker, salesperson, shop assistant, tradesman, pedlar, shopman, shopwoman There are over four-hundred street vendors in the capital.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

vender

or vendor
noun

One who sells:

clerk, salesclerk, salesgirl, salesman, salesperson, saleswoman, seller.

Translations

بَائِعبائِع، ماكِنَة بَيْع

prodavač u pouličního stánkuprodejcestánkový prodavač

sælger

Straßenverkäufer Verkäufer

μικροπωλητής πωλητής

vendedor tendero

myyjätoimittajakauppias

vendeur marchand colporteur commerçant

prodavač

árusutcai árus

venditore bancarelliere

売る人

행상인

gatvės prekiautojas

pardevejs

pouličný predavač

prodajalec

säljare

คนขายของ

işportacı satıcıseyyar satıcı

người bán dạo

卖主摊贩

vendor

[ˈvendɔːʳ] N → vendedor(a) m/f; (= pedlar) → vendedor(a) m/f ambulante

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

vendor

[ˈvɛndɔː^r ˈvɛndə^r] n → vendeur/euse m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

vendor

n (esp Jur) → Verkäufer(in) m(f); newspaper vendor → Zeitungsverkäufer(in) m(f); street vendor → Straßenhändler(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

vendor

[ˈvɛndɔːʳ] n → venditore/trice
street vendor → venditore ambulante

vendor

(ˈvendə(r)) noun

a person who sells ice-cream, hot dogs, souvenirs etc from a stall.

vendor

→ بَائِع stánkový prodavač sælger Verkäufer μικροπωλητής vendedor myyjä vendeur prodavač venditore 売る人 행상인 verkoper selger sprzedawca vendedor торговец säljare คนขายของ satıcı người bán dạo 卖主

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"Pick up that, philosopher and vendor of wine," said the Marquis, throwing him another gold coin, "and spend it as you will.

He looked to the spot where Defarge the vendor of wine had stood, a moment before; but the wretched father was grovelling on his face on the pavement in that spot, and the figure that stood beside him was the figure of a dark stout woman, knitting.

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I am, or should have been, joint vendor. The Company is wealthy, is it not?"

They say that all the directors and the vendor will be arrested.

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Surely the vendor of photographs was in league with Lucy--in the eternal league of Italy with youth.

A shrill cry rose from the vendor. The book it seemed, was more valuable than one would have supposed.

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But the idea of this dried-up pedant, this elaborator of small explanations about as important as the surplus stock of false antiquities kept in a vendor's back chamber, having first got this adorable young creature to marry him, and then passing his honeymoon away from her, groping after his mouldy futilities (Will was given to hyperbole)-- this sudden picture stirred him with a sort of comic disgust: he was divided between the impulse to laugh aloud and the equally unseasonable impulse to burst into scornful invective.

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The Muhammadan merchant, tinman, shoemaker, or vendor of trifles sits cross-legged on the floor and reaches after any article you may want to buy.

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He locked and unlocked his hands over the grate and spread his fingers close to the bluish flame, while the coals crackled and the clock ticked and a street vendor began to call under the window.

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"Shan't starve," said Bert, "for a bit, anyhow." He sat on the vendor's seat and regaled himself with biscuits and milk, and felt for a moment quite contented.

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"It is so much the more gracious on your part to accept my invitation with such frankness, as my cooks are but few and inexperienced, and my providers have returned this evening empty-handed; so that if it had not been for a fisherman of your nation who strayed into our camp, General Monk would have gone to bed without his supper to-day; I have, then, some fresh fish to offer you, as the vendor assures me."

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They were Levantines, itinerant vendors of cheap rugs, and each bore on his arm a bundle.