单词 | vending |
释义 | vendingn. The action of selling or retailing. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] salec1050 sellinga1325 merchandisinga1425 utterance1436 venting1532 vendition1542 vent1548 assale1566 ventage1577 vent1583 vending1666 distribution1793 flogging1919 turnaround1936 1666 Act 17 Chas. II c. 5 §2 Any publick Vending of the said Books. 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xxiii. 388 For the raising and vending provisions. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. I. xiii. 338 The famous mercantile society, called the Merchant Adventurers,..was instituted..for the vending of the cloth abroad. 1823 C. Lamb Praise of Chimney-sweepers in Elia 251 [He] kept open a shop..for the vending of this ‘wholesome and pleasant beverage’. 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure iii. 38 Now it will astonish most of my hearers that I have included the vending of oysters amongst noxious trades. Compounds vending machine n. a slot machine from which comestibles or other small goods may be obtained. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > stall or booth > [noun] > vending machine vending machine1895 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Vending-machine, a machine having a mechanism, controlled by the dropping of a coin into a slot, for delivering any small article with which it has been charged, as a slot machine for selling chewing~gum. 1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. i. 15 A medium to low relief is used for coins, with a raised rim about the edge of the coin to protect the relief from such wearing factors as vending machines, turnstiles, and stacking. 1980 Times 13 Nov. 4/8 The tea trolley is being wheeled back into offices and the anonymous vending machine, the butt of many jokes..is on the way out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1666 |
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