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Added 9 October 2026

vendor

/ˈvɛn.də/ noun

In Latin: venditor, venditrix Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about vendor at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money.

Origin

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”).

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