vbl. sb. [f. VEND v.] The action of selling or retailing.
1666. Act 17 Chas. II., c. 5 § 2. Any publick Vending of the said Books.
1745. De Foe’s Eng. Tradesman (1841), I. xxvi. 254. For the raising and vending of provisions.
1761. Hume, Hist. Eng., I. xiii. 338. The famous mercantile society, called the Merchant Adventurers,… was instituted … for the vending of the cloth abroad.
1822. Lamb, Elia, I. Praise Chimney-Sweepers. [He] kept open a shop … for the vending of this ‘wholesome and pleasant beverage.’
1875. Helps, Soc. Press., iii. 38. Now it will astonish most of my hearers that I have included the vending of oysters amongst noxious trades.
