a person who sells things, for example food or newspapers, usually outside on the street 小販；攤販 Jewellery, leather and clothes are offered by street vendors at every corner. 街頭巷尾到處都有小販出售首飾、皮革制品和服裝。
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a company that sells a particular product （某種産品的）銷售公司 software vendors 軟件銷售商
Extra ExamplesContact the vendor and ask them their rates. 聯系供應商，詢問他們的價格。 Get a list of vendors who deliver frozen food. 找一份冷凍食品供貨商的名單。
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law 法律 a person who is selling a house, etc. （房屋等的）賣主 The cost to the vendor of selling land by auction is normally higher than by private treaty. 以拍賣方式出售土地時賣主支付的費用通常高於私下協議的方式。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Anglo-Norman French vendour from French vendre or Latin vendere ‘sell’, from venum ‘something for sale’ + a variant of dare ‘give’.