vend

[US]/vend/
[UK]/vɛnd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. sell (especially land or other property); sell (small commodities); express (opinions, remarks)

Phrases & Collocations

vending machine

Example Sentences

a busted vending machine.

there was a man vending sticky cakes and ices.

a slot for coins in a vending machine; a mail slot.

a street vender; vendors of cheap merchandise.

It can be in a vending or gumball machine, pay phone or toll plaza.

couldn't remove the wedged quarter from the vending machine.

busted the vending machine by putting in foreign coins.

vending machines that accepted 100-yen coins for cans of beer.

Real-world Examples

Vending machines are a staple in Japan.

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2022 Collection

I'm going to Vending Machine. - Yeah?

Source: S03

So what's in these vending machines?

Source: Popular Science Essays

And yeah, so...Anything like a person a place in the vend.

Source: Big Think Super Thoughts

It's not yet clear whether vending machine condoms will be free.

Source: Special English Slow English

Some of them will have restaurants, some of them will have vending machines.

Source: Engvid Super Teacher Selection

You hurt your arm in a vending machine buying a bag of chips?

Source: VOA Let's Learn English (Level 1)

Of course, vending machines have come a long way since then.

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2022 Collection

Big long queue for them, you vend your own ticket and pay for it.

Source: Gourmet Base

I couldn't bear the thought of you getting your dinner from a vending machine.

Source: Deadly Women

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