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

For many years, Libby Gelman-Waxner, then an assistant buyer in juniors’ activewear, moonlighted for Premiere magazine and Entertainment Weekly as the world’s most beloved and irresponsible movie critic. —Libby Gelman-Waxner, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026

Mortgage rates have gradually improved in recent days for both buyers and owners hoping to refinance. —Matt Richardson, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026

Those who need to sell out of these deals must take a huge discount because there are so few buyers. —Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026

These differences reflect uncertainty about the size of the tax base, the challenges of administering the tax, and how buyers and sellers will respond. —Martha E. Stark, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 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