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vendue
[ ven-doo, -dyoo ]
noun
- a public auction.
vendue
/ ˈvɛndjuː /
noun
- a public sale; auction
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vendue1
C17: from Dutch vendu, from Old French vendue a sale, from vendre to sell, from Latin vendere
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Example Sentences
In the same year we meet for the first time, vendue masters and public auctions.
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When my husband would not pay the war tax, as Friends would not, the vendue master took away these tankards and sold them.
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Also in this same year it is named as the place of public vendue of land situated on Broadway.
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But I never could, and I never shall, abide the sight of the red and ruthless flag of the vendue-master.
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Vendue--no person to sell goods by, unless licensed, those exempt by act of parliament excepted, under the penalty of 50l.
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