vendor

vendor

美: [ˈvɛndə(r)] 
英: [ˈvendə(r)] 
n.    〈正式〉供应商；小贩
网络    卖主；厂商；卖方
词形：
vendors
This form enables vendor's rule systems to share rules allowing customers not to be locked into a particular rule vendor.

这种形式使提供商的规则系统能够共享规则，从而让客户不必受限于某个规则提供商。

The vendor said at once, "how much you wanna take it? "

小贩连忙说：“你想要多少钱买它呢？”

Vendor: Fifty. It costs at least that much. You know I just sold one for eighty.

五十块。这个最少也得这些钱。你知道不，我刚刚才卖了一个，八十五呢。

Developing for a specific vendor's proprietary IaaS could prove to be a costly mistake if the vendor were to go out of business.

事实证明，如果某个供应商可能会停业，那么针对该供应商的专有IaaS进行开发将是一个代价不菲的错误。