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  buyers' market

  noun

  a market in which goods and services are plentiful and prices relatively low.
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  buyer's market

  A market in which supply exceeds demand. As a result, suppliers usually have to lower their prices, thus favoring the buyer. (Compare seller's market.)

buyers' market

American  

noun

1. a market in which goods and services are plentiful and prices relatively low.

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buyers' market British  

noun

1. a market in which supply exceeds demand and buyers can influence prices

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buyer's market Cultural  

1. A market in which supply exceeds demand. As a result, suppliers usually have to lower their prices, thus favoring the buyer. (Compare seller's market.)

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Etymology

Origin of buyers' market

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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The Dodgers’ front office capitalized on a fruitful buyers’ market, completing trades with six different teams in July.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

"The current labour market is a sellers' market, not a buyers' market, meaning jobseekers hold all the cards and it is down to the employers to make themselves as attractive as possible to new talent."

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2022

In a buyers’ market, teams are still being choosy.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2019

They also grumbled that Nissan was selling too many vehicles to rental companies that then would flood the secondary buyers’ market.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2018

What a prophetic commentary it would have made on the "buyers' market" which followed the armistice.

From The Masques of Ottawa by Bridle, Augustus

More sellers have come to terms with the fact that it’s a buyer’s market, and they’re increasingly willing to lower prices and/or provide concessions to keep deals together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Until then, for buyers, the ever-shifting rates mean that even with more leverage, it still doesn’t feel like a buyer’s market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

He doesn’t describe it as a buyer’s market, per se, but he noted that buyers are getting some power back after it was in the hands of sellers for years.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 3, 2026

That’s considered a buyer’s market, but it’s only a buyer’s market for those who can afford to buy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

Or, to put it more simply, it reveals what’s already in a buyer’s market, because the big money managers have been selling, and what’s in a seller’s market, because they’ve been buying.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026