vendor

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈvɛndɚ/ UK /ˈvɛndə/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like bender /v/ vs /b/

Meanings

1

noun
a person or company that sells goods or services

A street vendor sold roasted chestnuts on the corner all winter.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person or company that... seller supplier merchant trader retailer dealer

Opposites

buyer purchaser vendee customer

Word family

Related forms vend vendee vendible

Simplified etymology

Vendor entered English in the late 16th century and ultimately derives from Latin vendere, “to sell.” The related verb vend comes from the same source.

Etymology

From Anglo-French 'vendor', from Latin 'venditor' ('seller'), agent noun from 'vendere' ('to sell').

venditor Latin vendere Latin

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

External links

# vendor

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈvɛndɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈvɛndə/

## Meanings
1. a person or company that sells goods or services

## Examples
- A street vendor sold roasted chestnuts on the corner all winter.

## Synonyms
- seller
- supplier
- merchant
- trader
- retailer
- dealer

## Antonyms
- buyer
- purchaser
- vendee
- customer

## Related Forms
- vend
- vendee
- vendible

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: venditor
- Root: vendere

## Etymology
From Anglo-French 'vendor', from Latin 'venditor' ('seller'), agent noun from 'vendere' ('to sell').

## AI Etymology
Vendor comes from Anglo-French 'vendor', from Latin 'venditor' ('seller'), agent noun from 'vendere' ('to sell'). The historical chain includes Latin venditor and Latin vendere. The quoted older senses, "vendor", "venditor", "seller", "vendere", and "to sell", supply the semantic anchors for vendor. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word vendor carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a person or company that sells goods or services". Related English forms include vend, vendee, and vendible. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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