Usually means: Indulge others' desires for gain.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. pander: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. pander: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pander: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pander: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pander: Vocabulary.com
  6. Pander, pander: Wordnik
  7. pander: Wiktionary
  8. pander: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. pander: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. pander: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. pander: Dictionary.com
  12. pander (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. pander: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Pander: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Pander: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. pander: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. pander: Rhymezone
  18. Pander: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. pander: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Pander: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. pander: Free Dictionary
  22. pander: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. pander: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. pander: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. Pander: World Wide Words
  26. pander: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. pander: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. pander: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. pander: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pander: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Pander: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pander: A Word A Day
  2. pander: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PANDER: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pander: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See pandered as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pander)

noun:  A person who furthers the illicit love-affairs of others; a pimp or procurer.
noun:  An offer of illicit sex with a third party.
noun:  An illicit or illegal offer, usually to tempt.
noun:  (by extension) One who ministers to the evil designs and passions of another.
verb:  (intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification.
verb:  (transitive) To offer (something or someone) in order to tempt or appeal, especially to base or improper motivations.
verb:  (intransitive) To offer illicit sex with a third party; to pimp.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To act as a pander for (somebody).

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