A Latin legal term meaning 'I sold' or referring to a sale or transaction. Used in legal contexts to denote the act of selling.
From Latin 'vendere' meaning 'to sell', which comes from 'venum dare' literally meaning 'to give for sale'. The perfect tense form 'vendidi' (I sold) shares this root with modern words like 'vendor' and 'vend'.
This ancient Latin word lives on in modern legal documents and commercial terminology. The root 'vend-' appears in vending machines, vendors, and even 'revenge' (originally meaning 'to sell back' or seek retribution).
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