Hireling vs Vendible - What's the difference?
hireling | vendible | Related terms |
(usually, pejorative) an employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence
* 1848: William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
(usually, pejorative) someone who does a job purely for money, rather than out of interest in the work itself
* 1605: Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning
Salable; able to be bought, sold, or traded.
* 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
* Francis Bacon
Anything that can be bought and sold.
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Hireling is a related term of vendible.
As nouns the difference between hireling and vendible
is that hireling is (usually|pejorative) an employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence while vendible is anything that can be bought and sold.As an adjective vendible is
salable; able to be bought, sold, or traded.hireling
English
Noun
(en noun)- When my poor James was in the smallpox, did I allow any hireling to nurse him?
- ... it may be truly affirmed that no kind of men love business for itself but those that are learned; for other persons love it for profit, as a hireling that loves the work for the wages;
Synonyms
* flunky * lackey * mercenaryvendible
English
Alternative forms
* vendableAdjective
(en adjective)- But as for the multitude of Sermons ready printed and pil'd up, on every text that is not difficult, our London trading St. Thomas'' in his vestry, and adde to boot St. ''Martin'', and St. ''Hugh , have not within their hallow'd limits more vendible ware of all sorts ready made
- The regulating of prices of things vendible .
Usage notes
* Vendible'' indicates that something can be sold, whereas ''marketable signifies that it is proper or fit to be sold, according to regulations and customs.Noun
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