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ven⋅due

  [ven-doo, -dyoo]
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–noun
a public auction.
Origin:
1680–90; < D vendu < MF vendue sale, n. use of fem. of vendu, ptp. of vendre to sell; see vend
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ven·due   (věn'dōō, -dyōō, věn-dōō', -dyōō')   
n.  A public sale; an auction.

[Dutch vendu, from obsolete French vendue, sale, from Old French, feminine past participle of vendre, to sell, from Latin vendere; see vend.]
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Word Origin & History

vendue 
"public sale, auction," 1686, from Du. vendu, from Fr. vendue "sale," from vendre "to sell," from L. vendere (see vend).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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