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Ven·dée

[vahn-dey]
noun
a department in W France, on the Atlantic: royalist revolt 1793–95. 2709 sq. mi. (7015 sq. km). Capital: La Roche-sur-Yon.
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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.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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vendee (vɛnˈdiː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
chiefly law a person to whom something, esp real property, is sold; buyer

Vendée (French vɑ̃de) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a department of W France, in Pays-de-la-Loire region: scene of the Wars of the Vendée, a series of peasant-royalist insurrections (1793--95) against the Revolutionary government. Capital: La Roche-sur-Yon. Pop: 565 230 (2003 est). Area: 7016 sq km (2709 sq miles)

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The bankruptcy proceedings were commenced by the vendee, not a third party.
Immediately, a contract of sale was executed with the mortgagee as vendor and the mortgagor as vendee.
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