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
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Stefania Ancona, a real estate agent in Miami, says the pool of buyers now is extremely limited, so sellers have to either pay the new assessments first or slash their prices.
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Diana Olick, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
EVs were once exempt from sales tax, but it was argued that this was beneficial to only a narrow strata of car buyers and had become bad value for money for taxpayers.
—Sverre Alvik, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The rate dropped to 6.69% from 6.81% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday.
—Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Normally, anyone walking into a cellar with an eight-figure check is going to expect to set some of the terms of the deal, so the sheer ego slap delivered by the take-it-or-leave-it nature of the offer cleared a host of private buyers from the table.
—Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024
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Diana Olick, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
EVs were once exempt from sales tax, but it was argued that this was beneficial to only a narrow strata of car buyers and had become bad value for money for taxpayers.
—Sverre Alvik, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The rate dropped to 6.69% from 6.81% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday.
—Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Normally, anyone walking into a cellar with an eight-figure check is going to expect to set some of the terms of the deal, so the sheer ego slap delivered by the take-it-or-leave-it nature of the offer cleared a host of private buyers from the table.
—Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Buyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buyer. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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