venta

/ˈbenta/ · A2 · noun · f

sale

🏷️ venta = what a vendor does: from Latin vendere, to sell (same root as vend)

English vend, vendor and vending machine share the root of Spanish vender, and venta is its noun: a sale. The old roadside inn sense comes from the same idea, a place where food and lodging were sold to travellers.

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