vendee

¹

[ ven-dee ]

noun

, Chiefly Law.

1. the person to whom a thing is sold.

Vendée

²

[ vahn-dey ]

noun

1. a department in W France, on the Atlantic: royalist revolt 1793–95. 2,709 sq. mi. (7,015 sq. km). : La Roche-sur-Yon.

Vendée

¹

/ vɑ̃de /

noun

1. a department of W France, in Pays-de-la-Loire region: scene of the Wars of the Vendée, a series of peasant-royalist insurrections (1793–95) against the Revolutionary government. Capital: La Roche-sur-Yon. Pop: 565 230 (2003 est). Area: 7016 sq km (2709 sq miles)

vendee

²

/ vɛnˈdiː /

noun

1. law a person to whom something, esp real property, is sold; buyer

Word History and Origins

Origin of vendee¹

First recorded in 1540–50; vend + -ee

Example Sentences

His position is thus that of a surety who is liable to his principal should the vendee make default.

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As a rule, they were paid only by the vendee, and to the market clerk, whose record of the payment was an attestation to the genuineness of the purchase.

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The vendee or purchaser would sue to recover for a broken covenant.

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Now I suppose you wouldn’t have thought that I was a vendee, would you?”

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A valuable privilege under which an unpaid consigner or broker may stop or countermand his goods upon their passage to the consignee on the insolvency of the vendee.

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Related Words

• client
• consumer
• customer
• patron
• purchaser
• shopper
• user