vend (v.) Look up vend at Dictionary.com
1620s, from Latin vendere "to sell, give for a bribe; praise, cry up," contraction of venumdare "offer for sale," from venum "for sale" (see venal) + dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). Related: Vended; vending; vendible (early 14c.). Vending machine is recorded from 1889.