vending
vending — noun
1. the activity or business of selling products directly to customers, especially f
the activity or business of selling products directly to customers, especially from street stalls, carts, or through self-service machines
The university installed a new coffee vending machine in the main library lobby.
collocation: vending machine
Jenna runs a vending business that supplies snacks to several city offices.
Street vending is a common way to earn a living in cities across Southeast Asia.
The company focuses on the vending of fresh flowers through automated kiosks at train stations.
Ravindra received a permit for food vending at the weekend night market near the river.
用法筆記
This sense appears most often in compound nouns such as vending machine and street vending, or directly before another noun describing the type of goods being sold.
常見錯誤
vending — verb
- vendingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- vendings3rd person singular
- vendinging-ing form
- vendingedpast simple
1. to offer goods for sale directly to customers by operating a street stall, a car
to offer goods for sale directly to customers by operating a street stall, a cart at a market, or an automatic machine that accepts payment
Takeshi vends handmade pottery at the local farmers' market every Saturday morning.
pattern: vend [goods] at [location]
The new machine on the train platform vends cold bottled water and energy bars.
pattern: machine vends [products]
Defne vended grilled corn from a small cart at the summer festival.
Esme vends vintage scarves and handmade jewellery at street fairs across the city.
The company has been vending electronics through automated kiosks at airports since 2019.
- buy
to acquire goods by paying for them
文法句型
vend + noun (goods)
vend at + place
用法筆記
Frequently used in the present tense to describe a regular or habitual activity. This sense is more specific than the general verb sell because it highlights the way goods reach the customer — through a stall, cart, or machine rather than a fixed shop.
常見錯誤
2. to make goods or services available for purchase through any channel, including
to make goods or services available for purchase through any channel, including shops, galleries, or online platforms
The distributor vends pharmaceutical products to hospital chains under a strict licensing agreement.
pattern: distributor vends [goods] to [buyer]
Under the contract, Quan vends the company's software through authorised resellers in Southeast Asia.
pattern: vend through authorised resellers
The city licence allows Min to vend fruit at three approved stalls near the station.
Kwame's firm vends industrial cleaning machines to factories through an authorised dealer network.
- purchase
to buy something; the opposite side of a sale transaction
文法句型
vend + noun
用法筆記
This sense is much less common than the simpler verb sell in everyday English. It appears mostly in legal, commercial, or slightly formal writing where a synonym for sell is desired for stylistic variety.
3. to express an opinion, belief, or point of view in a public setting, often in a
to express an opinion, belief, or point of view in a public setting, often in a forceful or formal manner — for example, stating strong political views at a debate or publishing a controversial argument in a newspaper
In 1892 the Leeds Gazette editor vended his opinion that the new railway line was ill-advised.
dated usage: vended his opinion
During the 1847 parliamentary debate, Lord Cranworth vended his objections to the reform bill.
In his 1854 memoir, the retired general vended bitter complaints about the War Office bureaucracy.
The pamphleteer vended his radical views on land reform at public meetings across the Midlands.
- conceal
to keep an opinion hidden rather than expressing it publicly
文法句型
vend + opinion/views + about/on + topic
用法筆記
This sense is dated and very rare in modern English. It is found almost exclusively in formal written texts from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Modern speakers would use express, state, or voice instead.