importernoun [ C ]
uk/ɪmˈpɔː.tər/us/ɪmˈpɔːr.t̬ɚ/a person, country, or company that buys products from another country in order to sell them:
After the USA, Japan is the second biggest importer of oil.
He is an importer of African foodstuffs.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People who buy things
- bidder
- buyer
- client
- consumer
- custom
- customer
- market
- patron
- patronage
- personal shopper
- prosumer
- purchaser
- rag-and-bone man
- ragman
- shopper
- sniper
- subscriber
- trader
- tradesman
- tradespeople
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