Vendor n. : A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee.

Example:
How would you deal with a Vendor that refuses to bribe you Purchasing Manager?

Taxonomy
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Defination from the web:
vendor, or a supplier, is a supply chain management term meaning anyone who provides goods or services to a company. ... Typically vendors are tracked in either a finance system or a warehouse management system. ...