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n. One that sells or vends: a street vendor; a vendor of software products on the Web.

n. A vending machine.

n. A person or a company that vends or sells.

n. A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee.

n. Same as vender, but more common in legal use.

n. someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

"Answer: Replacing a vendor is always difficult, especially if it is someone who you depend on and have been working with for a long time."

merchant    merchandiser   

vendor's liens    vendor and purchaser act    vender   

vending machine    vendor bid    vend   

ticket agent    underseller    booking clerk    huckster    cheap-jack    packman    pedlar    flower girl    dealer    pitchman   

vender    seller    institor    hawker    peddler    cramer    consigner    merchant   

Blender    Fender    Spender    bender    blender    contender    defender    ender    engender    fender   

provider    developer    manufacturer    seller    customer    contractor    software    distributor    consultant    publisher