buyer

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UK /ˈbaɪ.ə(ɹ)/ US /ˈbaɪ.ɚ/

noun 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

potential, prospective

first-time

Many first-time buyers are nervous about making such a big financial decision on their own.

VERB + BUYER

have

find, get

We need to get a buyer interested in the car before we lower the price.

sell sth to

PREP

~ for

We're still looking for a buyer for our old car.

PHRASES

buyer beware

When shopping at flea markets, remember the principle of buyer beware before you hand over your money.

a buyer's market

When house prices fell last year, sellers complained it had become a buyer's market.

Definitions

noun

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.

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.

A person who purchases items consumed or used as components in the manufacture of products.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a person who buys

purchaser
emptor
vendee

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

let the buyer beware

It is the buyer’s responsibility to ensure the soundness of goods or services prior to their purchase.

Why ſhould his own error bind him, rather then the others fraud acquit him? Let the buyer beware, ſaith the old Law-beaten termer.

Example Bank

Every person who steps through the door is a potential buyer, so acknowledge their presence.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

As we covered in the last chapter, breaches of confidentiality can stop a sale dead in its tracks. To avoid this, our firm plays good cop–bad cop with buyers about confidentiality. The good cop nicely

Wiktionary

Bear in mind that, under such circumstances, we have no alternative but to find another buyer.

Tatoeba · #49783

An Indian buyer and a Japanese businessman haggled over the price of the new product.

Tatoeba · #65730

They still haven't found a buyer for that house.

Tatoeba · #68542

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