purchaser C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈpɝtʃəsɚ/ UK /ˈpɜːtʃəsə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who buys something; a buyer The purchaser is responsible for the shipping costs. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who buys... buyercustomerclientconsumershoppervendee ↔ Opposites sellervendorsupplier Word family Related forms purchasepurchasablepurchasing Etymology AI details From purchase + -er; purchase comes from Anglo-French purchaser, Old French porchacier ('to seek to obtain'), from por- ('forth') + chacier ('to chase'). porchacier Old French pro Middle English captiare Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # purchaser **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpɝtʃəsɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpɜːtʃəsə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who buys something; a buyer ## Examples - The purchaser is responsible for the shipping costs. ## Synonyms - buyer - customer - client - consumer - shopper - vendee ## Antonyms - seller - vendor - supplier ## Related Forms - purchase - purchasable - purchasing ## Roots and Affixes - Root: porchacier - Root: pro - Root: captiare ## Etymology From purchase + -er; purchase comes from Anglo-French purchaser, Old French porchacier ('to seek to obtain'), from por- ('forth') + chacier ('to chase'). ## AI Etymology Purchaser comes from purchase + -er; purchase comes from Anglo-French purchaser, Old French porchacier ('to seek to obtain'), from por- ('forth') + chacier ('to chase'). The historical trail runs through Old French porchacier, Latin pro and Latin captiare. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means a person who buys something; a buyer. Related forms include purchase, purchasable, purchasing. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown