buyer
//ˈbaɪ.ə(ɹ)//
Forms
- Plural
- buyers
Definitions
1.A person who makes one or more purchases.
- Every person who steps through the door is a potential buyer, so acknowledge their presence.
- There is the ultrasystematic buyer and his twin, the careless buyer. The ultrasystematic buyer goes and checks and counts and touches every copy in the store before buying a new one.
2.A person who purchases items for resale in a retail establishment.
- The supermarket's new buyer decided to stock a larger range of vegetarian foods.
3.A person who purchases items consumed or used as components in the manufacture of products.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3253
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
English buy
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English buyer
From buy + -er.