Vendor vs Seller

Vendor [ ˈvɛn dər; especially contrastively vɛnˈdɔr ]

In a supply chain, a vendor, or a seller, is an enterprise that contributes goods or services. Generally, a supply chain vendor manufactures inventory/stock items and sells them to the next link in the chain. Today, these terms refer to a supplier of any goods or service.

• a person or agency that sells.
• vending machine.
• mainly law
• a person who sells something, esp real property
• another name for vending machine

Seller [ ˈsɛl ər ]

Sales are activities related to selling or the number of goods sold in a given targeted time period. The delivery of a service for a cost is also considered a sale.

• a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
• an article considered with reference to its sales one of the poorest sellers.
• a person who sells
• an article to be sold
• short for selling race

• dealer
• hawker
• merchant
• peddler
• businessperson
• huckster
• pitcher
• traveler
• outcrier
• traveling salesperson

• agent
• auctioneer
• dealer
• marketer
• merchant
• peddler
• retailer
• trader
• vendor
• businessperson

• customer

• customer
• buyer

• 1. The vendor signs a contract with the purchaser.
• 2. Kamal was a vendor in Egypt's open-air bazaar.
• 3. The vendor can turn his stock every day.
• 4. Remember, the estate agent is working for the vendor.
• 5. He bought a copy from a newspaper vendor.
• 6. Is the vendor always held responsible if goods are faulty?
• 7. She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.
• 8. I bought these sunglasses from a street vendor in Florence.
• 9. This may be unacceptable to the vendor.
• 10. He would exact a monthly fee from each vendor, though the markets were held on city land.

• 1. The fruit seller charged me too much money.
• 2. The seller has to issue a tax invoice.
• 3. She drove a hard bargain with the seller.
• 4. The book is arguably a potential best seller.
• 5. In theory, the buyer could ask the seller to have a test carried out.
• 6. This dictionary is a best seller.
• 7. This car is our biggest seller at the moment.
• 8. The fruit seller trundled his cart along the street.
• 9. This novel is reckoned as the best seller of the year.
• 10. Do you think the seller will accept £96, 000 for the house?