vendorとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman vendor (Old French vendeor), from Latin venditor (“seller”), from vendere (“to sell, cry up for sale, praise”), contraction of venundare, venumdare, also, as originally, two words venum dare (“to sell”), from venum (“sale, price”) + dare (“to give”).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.də/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.dɚ/
• 韻: -ɛndə(ɹ)
• Homophone: Venda (in non-rhotic accents)

名詞

vendor (複数形 vendors)

1. A person or a company that vends or sells.
   • 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, “Queen Pomaree”, in Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], OCLC 364546898, page 309:

     […] Tanee was accosted by certain good fellows, friends and boon companions, who condoled with him on his misfortunes—railed against the queen, and finally dragged him away to an illicit vender of spirits, in whose house the party got gloriously mellow.

2. A vending machine.
   • 2015, Jennifer Ott, Rays of Civilization (page 64)

     She left her duties guarding the cola vendor and brushed past Earl to the aisle with the creamed corn.

同意語

• merchant
• seller

関連する語

• vend
• vending machine
• vendor bid
• vendue