[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vend \vend\, v. t. imp.  p. p. vended; p. pr.  vb. n.
   vending. f. vendre, l. vendere, from venum dare; venus
   sale + dare to give. see 2d venal, date, time.
   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.
   1913 webster

   note: vend differs from barter. we vend for money; we barter
         for commodities. vend is used chiefly of wares,
         merchandise, or other small articles, not of lands and
         tenements.
         1913 webster
see also:
vended vending venal date 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

vending
     n : the act of selling goods for a living syn: peddling, hawking,
          vendition
see also:
peddling hawking vendition 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

25 moby thesaurus words for "vending":
   consumer preference study, consumer research, consumer survey,
   direct-mail selling, hard sell, hawking,
   high-pressure salesmanship, huckstering, jobbing,
   low-pressure salesmanship, mail-order selling, market research,
   marketing, marketing research, merchandising, peddling, promotion,
   retailing, sales campaign, sales promotion, salesmanship, selling,
   sellout, soft sell, wholesaling

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