US /ˈbaɪ.ɚ/ UK /ˈbaɪ.ə(ɹ)/
noun Freq #6806

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who buys something.

    Every person who walks through the door is a potential buyer.

  2. 2
    noun

    A person whose job is to choose and order goods for a shop or company.

    The supermarket's new buyer decided to stock more vegetarian foods.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who buys something. purchaservendee
2 noun · a person whose job is to... purchasing agent
Word family
Forms buyers
Derived forms buyershipcattle-buyergumbuyerhomebuyerhousebuyeribuyermultibuyernonbuyerpanic-buyer

Etymology

From buy + -er.

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