Dictionary

vendor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈvɛn.də/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈvɛn.dɚ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman vendor (Old French vendeor), from Latin venditor (“seller”), from vendere (“to sell, cry up for sale, praise”), contraction of venundare, venumdare, also, as originally, two words venum dare (“to sell”), from venum (“sale, price”) + dare (“to give”).

Meanings

1. A person or a company that vends or sells.
   • Travel is enlivened not only by the mixed company of French, Berbers, Arabs, and descendants of the Mediterranean-Corsairs who sit together indiscriminately, but also by itinerant vendors of macaroons, sweetmeats and the like, who, as long as they have a travel ticket, ply their wares unhindered by the [ticket] collectors. 1950 May, “A Tunisian Electric Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 335:
   • […] Tanee was accosted by certain good fellows, friends and boon companions, who condoled with him on his misfortunes—railed against the queen, and finally dragged him away to an illicit vender of spirits, in whose house the party got gloriously mellow. 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, “Queen Pomaree”, in Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 309:
2. A vending machine.
   • She left her duties guarding the cola vendor and brushed past Earl to the aisle with the creamed corn. 2015, Jennifer Ott, Rays of Civilization, page 64:

Forms

Deriveds

ice cream vendor · newsvendor · nonvendor · vendor bid · vendor locator · vendress · vendorship · multivendor · vendorspeak · vendor-agnostic · subvendor · intervendor

Relateds

vending machine · vendue · vend

Synonyms

seller · merchant

Translations (110)

de Anbieter (a person or a company that vends or sells) · de Verkaufsautomat (vending machine) · ru ве́ндор (a person or a company that vends or sells) · mk продавач (a person or a company that vends or sells) · el πωλήτρια (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ro vânzător (a person or a company that vends or sells) · th ผู้ขาย (a person or a company that vends or sells) · fr marchand (a person or a company that vends or sells) · pt fornecedora (a person or a company that vends or sells) · la venditrix (a person or a company that vends or sells) · de Lieferantin (a person or a company that vends or sells) · sq tregtar (a person or a company that vends or sells) · sv försäljerska (a person or a company that vends or sells) · it venditrice (a person or a company that vends or sells) · de Lieferant (a person or a company that vends or sells) · de Lieferer (a person or a company that vends or sells) · sv återförsäljare (a person or a company that vends or sells) · pt vendedora (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ro vânzătoare (a person or a company that vends or sells) · grc πωλητής (a person or a company that vends or sells) · sv återförsäljerska (a person or a company that vends or sells) · be прадаве́ц (a person or a company that vends or sells) · sv försäljare (a person or a company that vends or sells) · cmn 賣方 /卖方 (a person or a company that vends or sells) · hu elárusító (a person or a company that vends or sells) · da sælgekone (a person or a company that vends or sells) · fr vendeur (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ota بایع (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ko 판매자 (a person or a company that vends or sells) · bg продава́ч (a person or a company that vends or sells) · cs prodejce (a person or a company that vends or sells) · cmn 賣主 /卖主 (a person or a company that vends or sells) · pl handlarka (a person or a company that vends or sells) · alt садучы (a person or a company that vends or sells) · fr commerçante (a person or a company that vends or sells) · tr satıcı (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ht machann (a person or a company that vends or sells) · pl automat sprzedający (vending machine) · sv säljare (a person or a company that vends or sells) · km ឈ្មួញ (a person or a company that vends or sells) · it venditore (a person or a company that vends or sells) · fi myyjä (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ka გამყიდველი (a person or a company that vends or sells) · yi פֿאַרקויפֿערין (a person or a company that vends or sells) · pl handlarz (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ce йохкархо (a person or a company that vends or sells) · fi automaatti (vending machine) · ar بَيَّاع (a person or a company that vends or sells) · mi kirihoko (a person or a company that vends or sells) · da sælgerske (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ko 판매인 (a person or a company that vends or sells) · de Verkäuferin (a person or a company that vends or sells) · km អ្នកលក់ (a person or a company that vends or sells) · nl leverancier (a person or a company that vends or sells) · izh mööjä (a person or a company that vends or sells) · sl prodajalec (a person or a company that vends or sells) · de Automat (vending machine) · ca venedor (a person or a company that vends or sells) · grc -πώλης (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ru продавщи́ца (a person or a company that vends or sells) · fr vendeuse (a person or a company that vends or sells) · hu eladó (a person or a company that vends or sells) · de Fahrscheinautomat (vending machine) · pt fornecedor (a person or a company that vends or sells) · pt vendedor (a person or a company that vends or sells) · da leverandør (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ca venedora (a person or a company that vends or sells) · de -automat (vending machine) · be прадаўшчы́ца (a person or a company that vends or sells) · yi פֿאַרקויפֿער (a person or a company that vends or sells) · cmn 賣家 /卖家 (a person or a company that vends or sells) · fi toimittaja (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ar بَائِع (a person or a company that vends or sells) · vi ngưởi bán hàng rong (a person or a company that vends or sells) · fa فروشنده (a person or a company that vends or sells) · es vendedor (a person or a company that vends or sells) · hu kereskedő (a person or a company that vends or sells) · uk продавщи́ця (a person or a company that vends or sells) · bg продава́чка (a person or a company that vends or sells) · io vendisto (a person or a company that vends or sells) · de Vertreiber (a person or a company that vends or sells) · fi kauppias (a person or a company that vends or sells) · fi jakeluautomaatti (vending machine) · de Verkäufer (a person or a company that vends or sells) · la venditor (a person or a company that vends or sells) · sv säljerska (a person or a company that vends or sells) · de Warenautomat (vending machine) · uk продаве́ць (a person or a company that vends or sells) · el πωλητής (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ja 売り手 (a person or a company that vends or sells) · grc πωλήτρια (a person or a company that vends or sells) · fur venditôr (a person or a company that vends or sells) · de Lieferin (a person or a company that vends or sells) · fr commerçant (a person or a company that vends or sells) · pl automat (vending machine) · sl prodajalka (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ja 販売者 (a person or a company that vends or sells) · bcl paratinda (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ka ვენდორი (a person or a company that vends or sells) · mi kaihoko (a person or a company that vends or sells) · da sælgerinde (a person or a company that vends or sells) · da sælger (a person or a company that vends or sells) · es vendedora (a person or a company that vends or sells) · mk продавачка (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ru продаве́ц (a person or a company that vends or sells) · fr marchande (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ba һатыусы (a person or a company that vends or sells) · sq shitës (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ru ве́ндор (a person or a company that vends or sells) · ka მოვაჭრე (a person or a company that vends or sells)

vendor en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈvɛn.də/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈvɛn.dɚ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman vendor (Old French vendeor), from Latin venditor (“seller”), from vendere (“to sell, cry up for sale, praise”), contraction of venundare, venumdare, also, as originally, two words venum dare (“to sell”), from venum (“sale, price”) + dare (“to give”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To bundle third-party dependencies with the source code for one's own program.
   • I distributed my application with a vendored copy of Perl so that it wouldn't use the system copies of Perl where it is installed.
2. (transitive) As the software vendor, to bundle one's own, possibly modified version of dependencies with a standard program.
   • Strawberry Perl contains vendored copies of some CPAN modules, designed to allow them to run on Windows.

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