buyer

See also: bûyer

English

Etymology

From buy +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.ə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -aɪə(r)

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Noun

buyer (plural buyers)

1. A person who makes one or more purchases.

   Every person who steps through the door is a potential buyer, so acknowledge their presence.

2. (retailing) A person who purchases items for resale in a retail establishment.

   The supermarket's new buyer decided to stock a larger range of vegetarian foods.

3. (manufacturing) A person who purchases items consumed or used as components in the manufacture of products.

Synonyms

• (retailing and manufacturing senses): purchasing agent

Derived terms

• buyer's remorse

Translations

person who makes purchases

• Bashkir: һатып алыусы (hatïp alïwsï)
• Basque: erosle
• Bulgarian: купувач m (kupuvač)
• Chamorro: fafahan
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 買主 (zh), 买主 (zh) (mǎizhǔ), 購買人, 购买人 (gòumǎirén), 購買者 (zh), 购买者 (zh) (gòumǎizhě), 買方 (zh), 买方 (zh) (mǎifāng)

• Czech: kupující, kupec (cs), zákazník (cs), nákupčí
• Dutch: koper (nl) m, aankoper m, inkoper (nl) m, klant (nl) m, f
• Esperanto: aĉetanto
• Finnish: ostaja (fi)
• French: acheteur (fr) m
• German: Käufer (de) m, Einkäufer m
• Haitian Creole: achtè
• Italian: cliente (it), compratore (it), acquirente (it) m
• Maltese: xerrej (m), xerrejja ((f)), klient m, klienta f

• Norman: acateux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjøper m

  Nynorsk: kjøpar m

• Occitan: crompaire (oc) m, crompaira f
• Ojibwe: gaashpinajiged
• Persian: خریدار‏‎ (fa) (xaridâr)
• Portuguese: comprador (pt)
• Romanian: cumpărător (ro) m, cumpărătoare (ro) f, client (ro) m
• Russian: покупа́тель (ru) m (pokupátelʹ), покупа́тельница (ru) f (pokupátelʹnica)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceannaiche m
• Slovak: kupujúci, kupec, zákazník
• Spanish: cliente (es), comprador (es) m
• Swedish: köpare (sv) c, klient (sv) c, inköpare c, uppköpare c
• Tagalog: tagabili

Anagrams

• burye, rebuy