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

The portion reserved for qualified institutional buyers was subscribed 140 times, with most of the bids coming from domestic institutional investors such as banks and insurance companies. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 17 July 2026

Home makeover shows dominated TV, house-flipping became a booming business, and first-time buyers embraced the idea of trading sweat equity for a lower purchase price. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

But Pick is on offense, with a sky-high stock to play with and a mandate to protect the firm’s reputation as Wall Street’s shrewdest buyer. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 July 2026

Baby boomers dominate both buying and selling, but their equity and low-rate mortgages give them more flexibility than younger buyers. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 16 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