also: ベンダ · ヴェンダー · ヴェンダ
Refers to a company or person that sells goods or services, especially in a business or IT context.
新しいソフトウェアのベンダーを探しています。
We are looking for a vendor for the new software.
We source this part from a reliable vendor.
Abbreviation of 自動販売機. Used in casual contexts, often in compound words like ベンダー機 or ベンダーコーナー.
See also: 自動販売機
駅のベンダーで飲み物を買った。
I bought a drink from the vending machine at the station.
このビルにはベンダーが三台あります。
There are three vending machines in this building.
third-party vendor
multivendor
Standard katakana spelling for the English loanword 'vendor'.
Shorter variant without the long vowel; less common but still encountered.
Borrowed from English 'vendor'. The vending machine sense is a Japanese abbreviation of 自動販売機.