buyer

noun

buy·​er ˈbī(-ə)r 

plural buyers

1

: one who buys something

a first-time car buyer

wholesale produce buyers

Let the buyer beware.

The apartment complex was sold to an anonymous buyer.

2

: a person who has charge of the selection, purchasing, pricing, and display of the merchandise of a retail store

Examples of buyer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, the buyers might not be as willing to part with the quality of prospects the Angels would like. — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 July 2026

Services, however, are expected to be the market’s real growth engine from here, fueled by an influx of new buyers and by large companies that once saw space as an afterthought and are now expanding their footprint. — Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026

To address these capacity issues, the manufacturer enters the market with 6 gigawatt-hours of advance product orders already under contract from industrial buyers. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026

Those who can afford to buy at current mortgage rates or pay all cash are likely to encounter buyer-friendly trends in many markets. — Alex Veiga, Fortune, 9 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing buyer

• buyer's market
• buyer's remorse
• home buyer

Rhymes for buyer

• briar
• brier
• choir
• crier
• cryer
• drier
• dryer
• eyer
• flier
• flyer
• friar
• frier