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vendor

[ven-der, ven-dawr] / ˈvɛn dər, vɛnˈdɔr /


Frequently Asked Questions

What is another word for vendor?
Vendor is a word for a person, company, or other entity that sells things. When it’s an individual person selling things from a stall in a street market, the term street vendor is often used. More old-fashioned words for a person who sells things on the street include peddler and hawker. Perhaps the closest synonym for vender is seller. It gets at exactly what a vendor does—sells things—and it can be used for both individuals and companies. Similar words include merchant and retailer. More specific words include dealer and supplier, which both are most often used in the context of businesses that sell to other businesses. (They’re sometimes also used in illegal contexts.)
What is a third party vendor?
The term third party vendor refers to a business that is authorized to provide goods or services to customers on the behalf of the main business. The term third party is used because the additional business is tangential to the transactional relationship between the primary business and the customer. Another word for third party vender is third party seller. For example, the retailer Amazon features many third party sellers, some of which you can also buy from directly without using Amazon’s fulfillment services.
How do you use vendor in a sentence?
The word vendor is a common word in the context of commerce involving all kinds of businesses. Here are some examples of vendors in a sentence:
  • The fair had hundreds of food vendors offering all kinds of delicious fried foods —it was heaven.
  • Vendors across the region have been seeing their sales increase by large margins.
  • We reached out to our vendors to inquire about the shipping delays.

Example Sentences

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Anton, a copywriter living in Moscow, said a vendor at a vinyl shop offered him a discount for paying in cash.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

"Enforcement has become stricter," says Thanh Truc, a clothes vendor at a popular street market in Ho Chi Minh's Saigon Square, who spoke on the condition that she is referred to by a pseudonym.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

The officer said he wasn’t aware of the change but that the vendor is Keefe Group, which supplies commissaries at prisons and immigrant detention centers across the country.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

"She will govern well because she has good proposals. She has good ideas for doing something for Peru," said Jenny Martinez, a 40-year-old vendor in Lima.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

I order mine with nothing but mustard, and am thrilled to watch the vendor present my hot dog in a horizontal position.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

He went home and decided that, like the Chinese manufacturers, Neros would build for itself most of the components it needed to avoid relying on other vendors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

In Keelung, locals flocked to a fresh food market to buy fruit and vegetables, street food vendors secured their stands, and a temple covered and tied down an outdoor statue ahead of the storm.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

But even in that case, Burke thinks free cash flow would shift among vendors but not diminish.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

Unicef claims the interim government, under Muhammad Yunus, delayed ordering vaccines last year, opting instead to consider new vendors and restructure how the purchases were financed.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

As I made the long walk from my car to the entrance of the building that normally housed the county fair, I moved past vendors selling hot dogs, American flags, and T-shirts.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi




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