vendor是什么意思？

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1. vendor
①【法律】卖主，供应商
② 小贩，摊贩

vendor主要用作“小贩”之意（someone who sells things, especially on the street：卖东西的人，特指在街道上卖东西的人）

例：①A vendor dispensed free bottles of water to travelers waiting in the hot sun.
一个摊贩为在烈日下等待的旅行者免费的瓶装水。

2. supplier
① 供应者；(协作件等的)供应厂商
② 原料(或产品、商品)供应国(或地区)
（a company or person that provides a particular product提供特定产品的公司或个人）

例：①Which supplier do you deal with?
你和哪一家供应商交易？
②During this period, Russia became the largest supplier of military hardware to India.
在此期间，俄罗斯成为了印度最大的军事硬件供应方。

另外，vendor用作“卖主，供应商”主要指法律意义上的，较正式。supplier是一般的经济用语。

例如：①This will supersede all other terms and conditions offered by vendor.
本条款替代卖方提供的所有其他条款和条件。

②It is hereby agreed that the Vendor's Agent is the agent of the Vendor only and the Purchaser's Agent is the agent of the Purchaser only/the Agent is the agent for both the Vendor and the Purchaser/for the Vendor only/for the Purchaser only.
本合约之卖方代理只代表卖方及买方代理只代表买方/代理为买卖双方之代理/只为卖方代理/只为买方代理。