vendee

noun

Definition of vendeenext
as in purchaser

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  1. purchaser
  2. buyer
  3. consumer
  4. user
Noun
  • Moulds is responsible for buying health care for the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the second-largest health care purchaser, behind only the federal government.
    — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The bankruptcy plan said the owners expect a purchaser would be backed by a group of families that support the camp.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of purchaser
Noun
  • Should something go awry, the swap would compensate the buyer.
    — Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Fission’s approach is to act as the buyer, allowing investors to sell through its platform rather than wait for the fund to process a withdrawal.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of buyer
Noun
  • Pappas has also supported strict limits on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, which are synthetic chemicals that can be found in an array of consumer products, including clothing, shampoo, electronics, and cleaning products.
    — Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Like the other brands, Esci will launch strictly direct-to-consumer, at least for the foreseeable future.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of consumer
Noun
  • Anthropic wants Congress to set strict limits on when federal authorities can stop advanced AI models from reaching users.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Dazzle, the new venture, is a personal AI assistant that learns from the photos on a user’s phone, said Mayer.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of user
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“Vendee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vendee. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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