vendor

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vend·or /ˈvendə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

1 SELLsomeone who sells things, especially on the street 〔尤指街上的〕小贩

newspaper vendor/ice cream etc vendor

He bought a copy from a newspaper vendor.

他从报贩那里买了一份报纸。

the shouts of street vendors

街头小贩的吆喝声

2 formal or law someone who is selling something 卖主；销售商

leading software vendors

主要软件销售商

Examples from the Corpus

vendor• The official reason was that I accepted a gift from a vendor, something which I was told violated company policy.• a computer vendor• a hot-dog vendor• Outside the theatre, there was a row of flower vendors.• Frank stopped to buy the evening paper from a news vendor.• Flags sold by street vendors fluttered in the crowd of about 5,000.• In addition, the purchaser may ask the vendor to warrant the certificate of title.• Ideally the purchaser would wish to have the vendor negotiate actively with the purchaser on an exclusive basis during an initial period.• The risk to the purchaser in this solution is that the vendor may still wish to pursue debtors.

From Longman Business Dictionary

vendorvend·or /ˈvendə-ər/ noun [countableC] formalLAWCOMMERCE

someone who is selling something, especially a house or a piece of landSYN SELLER

House sales could dry up as vendors refuse to accept drastic price cuts.

leading software vendors

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