'Vending' definitions:
Definition of 'vending'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Vending'
From: GCIDE
- Vend \Vend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vended; p. pr. & vb. n. Vending.] [F. vendre, L. vendere, from venum dare; venus sale + dare to give. See 2d Venal, Date, time.] To transfer to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; to make an object of trade; to dispose of by sale; to sell; as, to vend goods; to vend vegetables. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Vend differs from barter. We vend for money; we barter for commodities. Vend is used chiefly of wares, merchandise, or other small articles, not of lands and tenements. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vending'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- consumer preference study,
- consumer research,
- consumer survey,
- direct-mail selling,
- hard sell,
- hawking,
- high-pressure salesmanship,
- huckstering,
- jobbing,
- low-pressure salesmanship,
- mail-order selling,
- market research,
- marketing,
- marketing research,
- merchandising,
- peddling,
- promotion,
- retailing,
- sales campaign,
- sales promotion,
- salesmanship,
- selling,
- sellout,
- soft sell,
- wholesaling