Definition of VEND

vend

Plural: vends

Verb

Verb Forms: vended, vending, vends

  • To sell or offer for sale, especially from a machine or stall.
  • sell or offer for sale from place to place
  • Synonym of sell, now especially to sell through a vending machine.
  • To provide or export functionality, especially from an API.

Noun

  • The act of vending or selling; a sale.
  • The total sales of coal from a colliery.
  • 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.

Examples

  • If I could VEND a perfect rack of tiles, I’d win every Words With Friends game.

Origin / Etymology

From French vendre, from Old French vendre, from Latin vendere, from vēnum (“(something for) sale”) + dare (“to give”).

Synonyms

hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, now especially to sell through a vending machine, sell

Scrabble Score: 8

vend: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
vend: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vend: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

vend: valid Words With Friends Word