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vendee

vendee

1 9.5
A person who buys something in a business or legal deal
  • noun
  • /vɛnˈdi/
  • Formal
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  • Today's film, The War of the Vendee, is the only one on the list I've never heard of.

Examples

  • The vendee must complete the payment by the agreed deadline to finalize the sale.

  • It will be fourteen days to a month until the vendee gets his next day cheque.

    Blog text (2)

  • Another reasonable loan is a short-term day loan which gives the specified total to the vendee so he can meet his day-to-day wants simply.

    Blog text (2)

  • Bordereau had fought in the counterrevolutionary war of Vendee with the Royalist army and, shortly after the Bourbon Restoration in 1814, was decorated with a medal by His Royal Highness, the Duke of Berry.

    Academic text (1993)

  • In a real estate transaction, the vendee signed the contract to buy the property.

  • Before the auction began, the vendee raised his hand to signal his intention to bid.

Synonyms

buyer
vsvendee
431 1.0

A person who pays money to get goods or services

is more tied to formal legal or business transactions
purchaser
vsvendee
29 2.8

A person who buys goods or property

is used especially for parties in legal or business transactions
emptor
vsvendee
  • Specialized
4 9.8

A person who buys something, especially in legal documents

is an alternative legal or business term with identical meaning

Antonyms

vendor
257 2.0

A person or company that sells things, for example at a market

Surface Forms

vendee singular
vendees plural

Morphology

vendee = vend (semi-transparent) = vend + ee

The -ee suffix signals a person who is the object/recipient of an action (sell → buyer), but the term is rare and specialized to legal/business contexts, so the meaning may not be obvious to an average learner.

Etymology

Vendee comes from an old root vend- that means 'to sell', the same root you see in vendor and vending. So a vendee is the person in a sale who buys the goods — the 'buyer' opposite the 'seller', which helps you remember its meaning.