# vend

> English word · Verb · IPA /vɛnd/ · frequency rank #95,576

## Definitions
1. Synonym of sell, (now especially) to sell through a vending machine.
2. To provide or export functionality, especially from an API.

## Etymology
17th century, likely a backformation from earlier vendible, vendee, vendor inspired by the underlying French vendre, from Old French vendre, from Latin vendere, from vēnum dāre (“to give (something for) sale”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vend