vending machine

noun

: a coin-operated machine for selling merchandise

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Other legislation in the reform package includes a bill that would tackle price gouging in the vending machines of CDCR visiting rooms and another that would allow courts to consider sentences other than incarceration in county jails for pregnant and postpartum defendants. William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025 The sandwiches were primarily sold through Micro Markets and vending machines in Georgia and South Carolina. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025 Leaving the airport, one sees Ohtani’s boyish image on vending machines, in convenience stores and wrapped around trains coursing through the city. Ken Belson, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2025 The wraps, which were sold only in vending machines at office buildings in Washington state, may contain undeclared anchovy. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vending machine

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vending machine was circa 1895

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“Vending machine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vending%20machine. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.

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vending machine

noun
: a machine from which one may get merchandise after putting in coins

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