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buyer

//ˈbaɪ.ə(ɹ)//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for buyer

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Forms

Plural
buyers

Definitions

  1. 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. 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. 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.

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