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VENDOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

Synonyms:

marketer; seller; trafficker; vender; vendor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("vendor" is a kind of...):

merchandiser; merchant (a businessperson engaged in retail trade)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vendor"):

booking clerk; ticket agent (someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations))

cosmetician (someone who sells or applies cosmetics)

flower girl (a woman who sells flowers in the street)

fruiterer (a person who sells fruit)

cheap-jack; huckster (a seller of shoddy goods)

hawker; packman; peddler; pedlar; pitchman (someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals))

selling agent (someone who sells goods (on commission) for others)

dealer (a seller of illicit goods)

underseller (a seller that sells at a lower price than others do)

Derivation:

vend (sell or offer for sale from place to place)

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