buyer
Americannoun
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buyers
plural
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a person who buys; purchaser.
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a purchasing agent, as for a department or chain store.
noun
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a person who buys; purchaser; customer
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a person employed to buy merchandise, materials, etc, as for a shop or factory
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of buyer
First recorded in 1150–1200, buyer is from the Middle English word beger, bier. See buy, -er 1
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Reality TV superstar and fashion mogul Kylie Jenner has finally found a buyer for her longtime California mansion, offloading the home for $15.3 million.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
According to the property site Zoopla, 88% of flats listed for sale in inner London on its website in 2025 did not find a buyer within six months.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Sophie thinks there should be a building safety register, "where you've got all the buildings noted, and we know what they're made of" to help boost buyer confidence.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The buyer asked for a $15,000 credit to offset costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
‘At a bargain price,’ said others, ‘and that’s more likely when Mistress Lobelia’s the buyer.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Meanwhile, cash-flush buyers are circling these distressed properties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Bullish investors will point to the high prices that AI processing power is fetching in the market: Due to infrastructure bottlenecks, buyers are paying, on average, over $20 billion per gigawatt annually.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
In theory, the practice means dealers can’t set deceptively low prices and then hike them when buyers show up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Automakers and many dealers contend that keeping their advertised prices from going too low makes things more transparent for car buyers, not less.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
A newspaper account described typical Levittown home buyers as “young persons of moderate financial circumstances who had small children and might expect others.”
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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