Vend vs. Sell — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Vend and Sell
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Vend
To offer for sale, especially by peddling.
Sell
To exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
We sold our old car for a modest sum.
Vend
To supply (a product or service) to a business for a fee.
Sell
To offer or have available for sale
The store sells health foods.
Vend
To engage in selling.
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Sell
To give up or surrender in exchange for a price or reward
Sell one's soul to the devil.
Vend
Synonym of sell, now especially to sell through a vending machine.
Sell
To be purchased in (a certain quantity); achieve sales of
A book that sold a million copies.
Vend
To provide or export functionality, especially from an API.
Sell
To bring about or encourage sales of; promote
Good publicity sold the product.
Vend
The act of vending or selling; a sale.
Sell
To cause to be accepted; advocate successfully
We sold the proposal to the school committee.
Vend
The total sales of coal from a colliery.
Sell
To persuade (another) to recognize the worth or desirability of something
They sold me on the idea.
Vend
The letter Ꝩ/ꝩ, used in Old Norse, related to the rune wynn (ᚹ, whence also Latin-script Ƿ/ƿ) but with the bowl open at the top, like a y.
Sell
To exchange ownership for money or its equivalent; engage in selling
Are any of the fruit vendors still selling?.
Vend
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.
Sell
To be sold or be on sale
Grapes are selling high this season.
Vend
The act of vending or selling; a sale.
Sell
To attract prospective buyers; be popular on the market
An item that doesn't sell.
Vend
The total sales of coal from a colliery.
Sell
To be approved of; gain acceptance
An idea that just wouldn't sell.
Vend
Sell or offer for sale from place to place
Sell
An act or instance of selling
Ordered a sell of his shares in the company.
Sell
Something that sells or gains acceptance in a particular way
Their program to raise taxes will be a difficult sell.
Sell
(Slang) A deception; a hoax.
Sell
To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
I'll sell you three books for a hundred dollars.
Sorry, I'm not prepared to sell.
Sell
(ergative) To be sold.
This old stock will never sell.
The corn sold for a good price.
Sell
To promote a product or service.
Sell
To promote a particular viewpoint.
My boss is very old-fashioned and I'm having a lot of trouble selling the idea of working at home occasionally.
Sell
To betray for money or other things.
Sell
(slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
Sell
To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
Sell
To work as a prostitute.
Sell
An act of selling; sale.
Sell
The promotion of an idea for acceptance.
This is going to be a tough sell.
Sell
An easy task.
Sell
An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity.
Sell
(obsolete) A seat or stool.
Sell
(archaic) A saddle.
Sell
A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope).
He picked up the sell from the straw-strewn barn-floor, snelly sneaked up behind her and sleekly slung it around her swire while scryingː "dee, dee ye fooking quhoreǃ".
Sell
Self.
Sell
A sill.
Sell
A cell; a house.
Sell
A saddle for a horse.
He left his lofty steed with golden self.
Sell
A throne or lofty seat.
Sell
An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
Sell
To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. It is the correlative of buy.
If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor.
I am changed; I'll go sell all my land.
Sell
To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray.
You would have sold your king to slaughter.
Sell
To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat.
Sell
To practice selling commodities.
I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will not eat with you.
Sell
To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price.
Sell
The activity of persuading someone to buy;
It was a hard sell
Sell
Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent;
He sold his house in January
She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit
Sell
Be sold at a certain price or in a certain way;
These books sell like hot cakes
Sell
Do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;
She deals in gold
The brothers sell shoes
Sell
Persuade somebody to accept something;
The French try to sell us their image as great lovers
Sell
Give up for a price or reward;
She sold her principles for a successful career
Sell
Deliver to an enemy by treachery;
Judas sold Jesus
The spy betrayed his country
Sell
Be approved of or gain acceptance;
The new idea sold well in certain circles
Sell
Be responsible for the sale of;
All her publicity sold the products
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