vendor
pronunciation
How to pronounce vendor in British English:
UK [ˈvendə(r)]
How to pronounce vendor in American English:
US [ˈvendər]
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- Noun:
- someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
Word Origin
- vendor (n.)
- 1590s, from late Anglo-French vendor, from vendre "to vend," from Latin vendere "to sell" (see vend). More common in legal use than vender.
Example
- 1. How can a camera vendor compete with all that ?
- 2. But they do pay for them , by favoring one vendor over another .
- 3. The issue of vendor lock-in is well known in cad / plm world .
- 4. A vendor sleeps on grapefruits at wholesale market in nanjing .
- 5. But it was also a form of vendor financing .