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buy·er

 (bī′ər)
n.
One that buys, especially a purchasing agent for a retail store.
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buyer

(ˈbaɪə)
n
1. (Commerce) a person who buys; purchaser; customer
2. (Commerce) a person employed to buy merchandise, materials, etc, as for a shop or factory
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buy•er

(ˈbaɪ ər)

n.
1. a person who buys; purchaser.
2. a purchasing agent, as for a department or chain store.
[1150–1200]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.buyer - a person who buysbuyer - a person who buys      
customer, client - someone who pays for goods or services
customer agent - a foreign purchaser who buys goods outright for resale
home buyer - someone buying a house
orderer - someone who places an order to buy
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buyer

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

buyer

noun
One who buys goods or services:
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Translations
kupující
køber
ostaja
kupac
買い手
구매자
köpare
ผู้ซื้อ
người mua

buyer

[ˈbaɪəʳ]
A. Ncomprador(a) m/f
B. CPD buyer's market Nmercado m favorable al comprador
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buyer

[ˈbaɪər] n
(= purchaser) → acheteur/euse m/f
(professional)acheteur/euse mbuyer's market nmarché m acheteur
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

buyer

nKäufer m; (= agent)Einkäufer m; buyer’s marketKäufermarkt m
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buyer

[ˈbaɪəʳ] nacquirente m/f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

buyer

مُشْتَرِي kupující køber Käufer αγοραστής comprador ostaja acheteur kupac acquirente 買い手 구매자 koper kjøper kupiec comprador покупатель köpare ผู้ซื้อ alıcı người mua 买主
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References in classic literature ?
He therefore proceeded immediately to castigation: and not contented with that he acquainted Mr Allworthy, at their next meeting, with this monstrous crime, as it appeared to him: inveighing against Tom in the most bitter terms, and likening him to the buyers and sellers who were driven out of the temple.
Careful, have I found all buyers, and all of them have astute eyes.
The hotel was crowded with out-of-town buyers. Enthused by the music from two bands, even the local people bid high, and through it all, Rose, vigilant, remembered everything Martin would have wanted remembered.
He was now in a hurry to start, lest buyers from the town might forestall him in making a profitable purchase.
Soon in came buyers, who paid him handsomely for his goods, so that he bought leather enough for four pair more.
Some did it in a rough, offhand way, as if one was only a piece of wood; while others would take their hands gently over one's body, with a pat now and then, as much as to say, "By your leave." Of course I judged a good deal of the buyers by their manners to myself.
The six of us cabin passengers were pearl buyers. Two were Americans, one was Ah Choon (the whitest Chinese I have ever known), one was a German, one was a Polish Jew, and I completed the half dozen.
They were jumbled together in a most unsightly fashion, in the middle of the road; to the great obstruction of the thoroughfare and the annoyance of passengers, who were fain to make their way, as they best could, among carts, baskets, barrows, trucks, casks, bulks, and benches, and to jostle with porters, hucksters, waggoners, and a motley crowd of buyers, sellers, pick- pockets, vagrants, and idlers.
They were drovers and stock raisers, who had come from far states, and brokers and commission merchants, and buyers for all the big packing houses.
Athelny introduced him to the buyer of the costumes and left him.
But I know not the trade, and would gladly sell the whole herd, an I could find a buyer."
When they reached the square, a buyer was soon found.