- a person who buys something, especially something expensive
- Have you found a buyer for your house?
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingb1, Houses and homesb1- Their estate agents finally got them a buyer for the property.
- They're looking for a buyer for the club, which is currently ninth in the league.
- In matters of second-hand cars, your motto should be ‘buyer beware’.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- potential
- prospective
- would-be
- …
- have
- find
- get
- …
- buyer for
- buyer beware
- a buyer’s market
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- a person whose job is to choose goods that will be sold in a large shop
- She was a fashion buyer for a department store.
Idioms
See buyer in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee buyer in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englisha buyer’s market
- a situation in which there is a lot of a particular item for sale, so that prices are low and people buying have a choice
- In a buyer's market, the commodity is plentiful and so its price is not high.
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