Synonyms of vending

vending

verb

present participle of vend

as in selling

to offer for sale to the public

vends snack foods and novelties at fairs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• selling
• marketing
• merchandising
• retailing
• distributing
• dealing (in)
• wholesaling
• exchanging
• advertising
• reselling
• hawking
• bartering
• peddling
• putting up
• trading
• promoting
• providing
• exporting
• bargaining
• supplying
• auctioning
• preselling
• haggling
• remarketing
• trafficking (in)
• stocking
• handling
• keeping
• dickering
• plugging
• carrying
• chaffering
• touting
• boosting
• ballyhooing
• horse-trading
• paltering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buying
• purchasing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vending

Article continues below this ad After years of organizing markets and vending at festivals, Tunchez began stepping away from her business in late 2024. — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 31 Oct. 2026

While a 2015 ordinance legalized street vending in Chicago, strict public health codes effectively limited what vendors could do. — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

While Canal Street’s vendors are prosecuted under a different law, the city’s posture on vending generally is moving toward less enforcement, not more. — Daniel Edward Rosen, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

The Real Competitive Advantage For years, vending operators competed via equipment, pricing and product selection. — Nick Cherkassky, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Everyone’s spread out with a respective mountain of vending-machine snacks in front of them, each taking their own moment to stare down Oleksa, when Joe takes the floor. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026

Vendors said enforcement sweeps that began earlier this year have threatened their livelihoods, with authorities confiscating vending equipment and, in some cases, destroying it. — Da Lin, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

The complex also includes a community room, 14 quiet study rooms, lounge space and a vending-machine area. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026

An employee of the restroom vending company found the deceased infant when conducting routine maintenance on the restrooms, ABC News' Grand Rapids affiliate WZZM 13 reported. — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 13 July 2026