more unvendable

verb (used with object)

to sell as one's business or occupation, especially by peddling: to vend flowers at a sidewalk stand.

to give utterance to (opinions, ideas, etc.); publish.

verb (used without object)

to engage in the sale of merchandise.

to be disposed of by sale.

Origin:
1610–20; < Latin vendere to sell, contraction of vēnum (or vēnō) dare to offer for sale; see venal

Related forms

vend·a·ble, adjective

re·vend, verb (used with object)

un·vend·a·ble, adjective

un·vend·ed, adjective

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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vend (vɛnd)

—vb
1.	to sell or be sold
2.	to sell (goods) for a living
3.	rare (tr) to utter or publish (an opinion, etc)

[C17: from Latin vendere, contraction of vēnum dare to offer for sale]

vendition

—n

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vend

late 14c., from L. vendere "to sell, praise," contraction of vendumare "offer for sale," from venum "for sale" (see venal) + dare "to give" (see date (1)). Vending machine is recorded from 1895.

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