[f. VEND v. Cf. VENT sb.3]
1. Sale; opportunity of selling.
1618. in Foster, Eng. Factories Ind. (1906), I. 42. This place never yet … gave vend to any quantety of our commodity.
1681. R. Knox, Hist. Ceylon, 32. Neither have they any encouragement for their industry, having no Vend by Traffic and Commerce for what they have got.
1695. Kennett, Par. Antiq., ix. 510. This Market is of great resort, and a good vend for all Country Commodities.
1727. A. Hamilton, New Acc. E. Ind., II. xlvi. 152. Pepper is planted for Export, but not above 300 Tuns in a Year, because they want Vend for more.
1748. Richardson, Clarissa (1811), IV. 165. There is a person … who is a great dealer in Indian silks,… and has a great vend for them.
1818. Colebrooke, Import Colonial Corn, 60. Corn is stored … and kept for years … in expectation of a future vend and a less glutted market.
2. spec. Sale of coals from a colliery; the total amount sold during a certain period.
1708. J. C., Compl. Collier (1845), 17. This I think is shameful for Owners, who striving to get all the Trade to themselves, or to have a Major Part of Vend, will fall out among themselves.
1793. [Earl Dundonald], Descr. Estate Culross, 59. Sir Archibald had better have contented himself with a more limited vend at a greater price.
1834. McCulloch, Dict. Commerce (ed. 2), 289. The annual vend of coals carried coastwise from Durham and Northumberland is 3,300,000 tons.
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Vend,… the whole quantity of coal sent from a colliery in the year.
1893. Neasham, North-country Sk., 28. By agreement … they were limited to an annual vend of 12,000 chaldrons.
