Buyer
a person who buys; purchaser.
a purchasing agent, as for a department or chain store.
Contemporary Examples
People Are Using Instagram to Sell Their Guns…and It’s Mostly Legal Brian Ries October 21, 2013
Crisis On The Right David Frum April 25, 2012
Remembering Bill Safire Morton Janklow September 26, 2009
In the Future We’ll All Be Renters: America’s Disappearing Middle Class Joel Kotkin August 9, 2014
The Next Art Bubble Vikram Mansharamani April 12, 2011
Historical Examples
All About Coffee William H. Ukers
About sugar buying for Jobbers B. W. Dyer
Up To Date Business Various
The Fabric of Civilization Anonymous
A Living from the Land William B. Duryee
noun
a person who buys; purchaser; customer
a person employed to buy merchandise, materials, etc, as for a shop or factory
n.
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- Buyers--market
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an attempt on the part of consumers to lower price levels by boycotting retailers or certain types of goods.
- Buying
to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase. to acquire by exchange or concession: to buy favor with flattery. to hire or obtain the services of: The Yankees bought a new center fielder. to bribe: Most public officials cannot be bought. to […]