buyerbuy·er /ˈbaɪə-ər/ noun1[countableC]COMMERCE someone who is buying somethingAfter three weeks, the family had a buyer for their three-bedroomed home.
→ first-time buyer → impulse buyer → move-up buyers → target buyer2COMMERCELAW (let the) buyer beware a phrase meaning that it is the responsibility of the person buying something to notice any faults that it may have‘Let the buyer beware’ has long served as an ominous warning to home buyers and a cherished protection for sellers.
3[countableC]COMMERCE someone whose job is to buy the goods, materials etc for a shop to sell or a company to useA wholesale buyer of women’s clothing only inspects a sample of the goods.
→ materials buyer → media buyer → special buyer