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vendue

vendue

9.9
A public sale where people offer money to buy goods
  • noun
  • /vɛnˈdu/
  • Archaic
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  • I stopped my horse recently where a great number of people were collected at a vendue of merchant goods.

Examples

  • Many people gathered at the local vendue to bid on rare paintings and collectibles.

  • MERCHANTS AND PROFESSIONALS: merchant, doctor, dentist, lawyer, minister, banker, government official, auctioneer and vendue crier, broker, insurance agent, planter, factor, army and navy officer, architect

    Academic text (1994)

  • At the outdoor vendue, I found a beautiful antique vase that I had to have.

  • After weeks of preparation, the charity vendue was a success, raising funds for the community.

Synonyms

auction
vsvendue
512 2.8

A public sale where people bid and the highest bidder buys the item

is the same meaning with no difference in sense
auction sale
vsvendue
1 3.2

A public sale where items go to the person who offers the most money

is the same meaning but expressed as one single word form

Surface Forms

vendue singular
vendues plural

Etymology

Vendue comes from the French root vend meaning 'to sell', the same root you see in vendor and vending. So a vendue is a public sale where goods are sold to the highest bidder, in other words an auction.