buyernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbaɪ.ər/us/ˈbaɪ.ɚ/B1 someone who buys something expensive such as a house:
He's still looking for a buyer for his house.
someone whose job it is to decide what will be bought by a company:
She's the buyer for a stylish boutique in Dublin.
More examples
- We found a buyer for our house, but then the sale fell through.
- An outside buyer has stepped in to save the company from going out of business.
- A secret buyer is understood to have paid £1 million for the three pictures.
- We've had three sets of prospective buyers looking round the house.
- A number of potential buyers have expressed interest in the company.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People who buy things
- bidder
- client
- consumer
- custom
- customer
- customer base
- market
- patron
- patronage
- personal shopper
- prosumer
- purchaser
- rag-and-bone man
- ragman
- shopper
- sniper
- subscriber
- trader
- tradesman
- tradespeople
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