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vending

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vend

[vend]
verb (used with object)
1.
to sell as one's business or occupation, especially by peddling: to vend flowers at a sidewalk stand.
2.
to give utterance to (opinions, ideas, etc.); publish.
verb (used without object)
3.
to engage in the sale of merchandise.
4.
to be disposed of by sale.

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Vending is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

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

vend·a·ble, adjective
re·vend, verb (used with object)
un·vend·a·ble, adjective
un·vend·ed, adjective
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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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