buyer

See also: bûyer

English

Etymology

From buy +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.ə(ɹ)/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ.ɚ/
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

buyer (plural buyers)

A person who makes one or more purchases.
Every person who steps through the door is a potential buyer, so acknowledge their presence.
(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.
(manufacturing) A person who purchases items consumed or used as components in the manufacture of products.

Synonyms

purchaser
(retailing and manufacturing senses): purchasing agent

Derived terms

Translations

person who makes purchases

Albanian: blerës (sq) m
Arabic: مُشْتَرِي m (muštarī), مُشْتَرٍ m (muštarin), مُشْتَرِيَة f (muštariya)
Armenian: գնորդ (hy) (gnord), գնող (gnoġ)
Azerbaijani: alıcı (az), müştəri (az)
Bashkir: һатып алыусы (hatıp alıwsı)
Basque: erosle
Belarusian: пакупні́к m (pakupník), пакупні́ца f (pakupníca)
Bikol Central: parabakal
Bulgarian: купува́ч m (kupuváč), купува́чка f (kupuváčka), мющери́я (bg) m (mjušteríja), мющери́йка f (mjušteríjka)
Burmese: ဝယ်သူ (waisu)
Catalan: comprador (ca) m
Chamorro: fafahan
Chinese:
Mandarin: 買主／买主 (zh) (mǎizhǔ), 購買人／购买人 (gòumǎirén), 購買者／购买者 (zh) (gòumǎizhě), 買方／买方 (zh) (mǎifāng)
Czech: kupující m, kupec (cs) m, zákazník (cs) m, zákaznice f, nákupčí m
Danish: køber (da) c, køberinde f
Dutch: koper (nl) m, koopster f, aankoper (nl) m, aankoopster f, inkoper (nl) m, inkoopster f, klant (nl) m or f
Esperanto: aĉetanto, aĉetantino (female)
Estonian: ostja
Finnish: ostaja (fi)
French: acheteur (fr) m, acheteuse (fr) f
Galician: comprador (gl) m, compradora f
Georgian: მყიდველი (mq̇idveli)
German: Käufer (de) m, Käuferin (de) f, Einkäufer m, Einkäuferin f
Greek: αγοραστής (el) m (agorastís), αγοράστρια (el) f (agorástria)
Ancient: ὠνητής m (ōnētḗs)
Haitian Creole: achtè
Hebrew: קוֹנֶה m (koné)
Hindi: क्रेता (hi) m (kretā), ख़रीदार m (xarīdār), ख़रीदनेवाला m (xarīdnevālā)
Hungarian: vásárló (hu), vevő (hu)
Indonesian: pembeli (id)
Ingrian: ostaja
Italian: cliente (it) m or f, compratore (it) m, compratrice f, acquirente (it) m or f
Japanese: 買い手 (ja) (かいて, kaite), 購買者 (こうばいしゃ, kōbaisha)
Kazakh: сатып алушы (satyp aluşy), алушы (aluşy)
Khmer: អ្នកទិញ (nĕək tɨñ)
Korean: 사는 사람 (saneun saram), 구매자(購買者) (ko) (gumaeja)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بکڕ (bikirr)

Northern Kurdish: bikirr (ku), mişterî (ku)
Kyrgyz: сатып алуучу (satıp aluucu), алуучу (ky) (aluucu)
Lao: ຜູ້ຊື້ (phū sư̄)
Latin: ēmptor (la) m, ēmptrīx (la) f
Latvian: pircējs m, pircēja f
Ligurian: acatòu m
Lithuanian: pirkėjas m, pirkėja f
Macedonian: купувач m (kupuvač), купувачка f (kupuvačka), муштерија m (mušterija), муштерика f (mušterika)
Malay: pembeli
Maltese: xerrej m, xerrejja f, klient m, klienta f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: худалдан авагч (xudaldan avagč)
Norman: acateux m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kjøper m, kjøperinne m or f

Nynorsk: kjøpar m
Occitan: crompaire (oc) m, crompaira (oc) f
Ojibwe: gaashpinajiged
Pashto: اخيستونکي m (axistukay), خريدار (ps) m (xaridār)
Persian: خریدار (fa) (xaridâr), مشتری (fa) (moštari)
Polish: kupujący m, kupująca f, kupiec (pl) m, kupcowa f, nabywca (pl) m, nabywczyni (pl) f
Portuguese: comprador (pt) m, compradora f
Romanian: cumpărător (ro) m, cumpărătoare (ro) f, client (ro) m
Russian: покупа́тель (ru) m (pokupátelʹ), покупа́тельница (ru) f (pokupátelʹnica)
Scottish Gaelic: ceannaiche m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ку́пац m, муштѐрија m

Roman: kúpac (sh) m, muštèrija (sh) m
Slovak: kupujúci m, kupec m, zákazník m
Slovene: nakupovalec m, nakupovalka f
Spanish: cliente (es) m or f, clienta (es) f, comprador (es) m, compradora (es) f
Sranan Tongo: baiman
Swedish: köpare (sv) c, klient (sv) c, inköpare (sv) c, uppköpare c
Tagalog: tagabili
Tajik: харидор (xaridor), муштарӣ (muštarī)
Tatar: сатып алучы (satıp aluçı)
Thai: ผู้ซื้อ (pûu sʉ́ʉ)
Turkish: alıcı (tr), müşteri (tr)
Turkmen: alyjy (tk)
Ukrainian: покупе́ць m (pokupécʹ), купе́ць m (kupécʹ), покупни́ця f (pokupnýcja)
Urdu: خَرِیدار m (xarīdār)
Uyghur: خېرىدار (xëridar), سېتىۋالغۇچى (sëtiwalghuchi)
Uzbek: xaridor (uz), sotib oluvchi, oluvchi (uz)
Vietnamese: người mua, khách mua

Anagrams

burye, rebuy

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