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# vendor

noun (a vendor, vendors)

«vendor» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A vendor is a person or company that sells something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendor/#m1)
2. A vendor is also someone who sells food or goods in the street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendor/#m2)
3. (law, money) The vendor is the person selling a house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendor/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, ice-cream vendors sell at parks. In money and adult life, the vendor sells and the buyer buys. Phrases: street vendor, ice-cream vendor.

### Examples

- We bought hot dogs from a street vendor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendor/#x1)
- The vendor sold balloons at the fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendor/#x2)
- The vendor of the house accepted the offer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendor/#x3)
- Many vendors sell fruit at the market. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendor/#x4)
- The ice-cream vendor rang a bell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendor/#x5)
- The vendor gave us change. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendor/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Also spelled «vender» sometimes. Opposite in sales: buyer, purchaser.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vendor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vendor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vendor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vendor.html) on Mova free.