Definition of "vending-machine" []

• A mechanical device for displaying and delivering to the purchaser candy or other small articles; a slot-machine. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Jim English, who works with a group of 17 vending-machine operators, says that their interchange fees have jumped from roughly six or seven cents a transaction to the federally regulated 21 cents."
• "The vending-machine joke alone was retweeted thousands of times."
• "Since it was founded in 1994 as a research lab, Walker Digital LLC has made much of its money by spinning out its inventions, like online travel agent Priceline and vending-machine firm Vendmore Systems LLC, as independent businesses."