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vending

vending is the present participle and gerund of vend.

Meaning of vend

Verb

vend (third-person singular simple present vends, present participle vending, simple past and past participle vended)

  1. Synonym of sell, (now especially) to sell through a vending machine.
    • As there was a small establishment that vended tea and toast just across the road, it was reasonable that Partridge should officiate therein as Limpet's host, and so easily adjusted to necessity are the economics of a simple life, that two pots of tea, two plates of toast, tobacco, and one subject...1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 151
    Synonyms:
    sell
  2. (transitive, uncommon) To provide or export functionality, especially from an API.
    • As you've seen, vending FO documents is pretty straightforward from WebObjects. It is just like vending HTML, XHTML, or SVG.2002, Ravi Mendis, WebObjects Developer's Guide, Sams Publishing, →ISBN, page 289

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Words formed from vending

Phrases with vending

Questions about vending

What is vending the present participle and gerund of?
Vending is the present participle and gerund of vend.

Words near vending in the dictionary

  1. vendication
  2. Vendidad
  3. vendidaite
  4. vendido
  5. vendidos
  6. vending
  7. vending machine
  8. vending machines
  9. vending-machine
  10. vending-machines
  11. venditate

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