Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VEND, v.t. [L. vendo; Fr. vendre; It. vendere; Sp. vender.]

To sell; to transfer a thing and the exclusive right of possessing it, to another person for a pecuniary equivalent; as, to vend goods; to vend meat and vegetables in market. Vending differs from barter. We vend for money; we barter for commodities. Vend is applicable only to wares, merchandise, or other small articles, not to lands and tenements. We never say, to vend a farm, a lease, or a bond, a right or a horse.