shopper
Americannoun
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a person who shops.
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a retail buyer for another person or a business concern.
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a locally distributed newspaper of retail advertisements.
noun
Other Word Forms
- nonshopper noun
Etymology
Origin of shopper
Example Sentences
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The city's main market bustled on Friday afternoon as shoppers jostled through heavy traffic.
From Barron's
Yet starting in the fall, many firms held off on increases and sometimes offered discounts to capture holiday shoppers.
Close to 80% of Laopu’s customers overlapped with five global luxury brands including Louis Vuitton, Hermès, and Cartier, the company said publicly, suggesting a direct transfer of luxury shoppers to domestic alternatives.
From Barron's
Yet elevated price increases have lingered, wearing down shoppers and frustrating policymakers.
Instead, exporters kept their prices the same, passing off the cost of tariffs to any company importing their goods, which in turn responded by increasing the price of those goods to shoppers.
From BBC
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