noun
vendor
VEHN-duh
noun
1
A person or company that sells goods or services.
"The street was lined with food vendors selling tacos and fresh juice."
"The company switched software vendors after the contract expired."
2
A machine that sells items automatically, such as a vending machine.
"There's a snack vendor on the second floor of the office."
How to Use Vendor
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAnyone or anything — a person, business, or machine — that sells something.
Common pairings
third-party vendor
street vendor
software vendor
vendor contract
Word Forms
vendored past tense, vendors plural, vendors singular
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Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman vendor, from Latin venditor ("seller"), from vendere ("to sell").