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
Example Sentences
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But after 60 days of being under contract, the buyer pulled the plug and walked away, Lori said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
All of them found a buyer apart from a concrete cow.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Documents reviewed by the Journal show that when a cargo initially lands, the name of the company exporting the goods appears on the air waybill, along with the supposed buyer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“You’re seeing more and more literary writers flirt with genre,” said Emilie Sommer, a book buyer at East City Bookshop in Washington, D.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Nothing to tell the buyer who made all that food they’re enjoying.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
The disruptions are prompting more buyers to turn to the U.S., giving American producers an incentive to maximize diesel output and exports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
If she sells for a much lower price than her original list price, that will in turn affect how real-estate appraisers and buyers determine the value of other nearby properties.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Managers of these funds say most buyers hold them for short periods—days, weeks, maybe a few months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Some buyers are already seeing 7% mortgage rates, which are subjective and typically based on how risky a borrower is.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
The buyers are an American family, the Walkers, a young professor new to the university where her husband used to work, and a wife and daughter.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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