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vendue

[ ven-doo, -dyoo ]

noun

  1. a public auction.


vendue

/ ˈvɛndjuː /

noun

  1. a public sale; auction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of vendue1

1680–90; < Dutch vendu < Middle French vendue sale, noun use of feminine of vendu, past participle of vendre to sell; vend
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vendue1

C17: from Dutch vendu, from Old French vendue a sale, from vendre to sell, from Latin vendere
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Example Sentences

A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue.

Sometimes when there was a "vendue" in the house, reckless folk opened the front gate, and even tied it back.

The boy told that the Doanes were at his father’s house, and the miller sent the word to a vendue in the neighborhood.

Enquire of the printer hereof: Or otherwise they will be expos'd to sale by publick vendue, on Saturday the 11th of April next, at 12 o'clock, at the Indian-king, in Market Street.

The pine tables, rush chairs, and uncurtained bed, had been purchased at half price, at vendue, and exhibited various tokens of decay; but care and neatness and order were displayed in their condition and arrangement.

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