buyers' market
- noun
- /ˈbaɪərz ˈmɑrkɪt/
:
mercado de compradores
- In a buyers' market, prices tend to drop because there are more goods available than buyers.
Examples
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During the recession, many products were sold at lower prices as it became a buyers' market.
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During economic downturns, the stock market can quickly turn into a buyers' market.
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In a buyers' market, sellers may have to accept reduced offers to make a sale.
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It's a buyers' market right now, so housing prices are lower than usual.
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It is currently a buyers' market for homes.
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In a buyers' market, prices tend to drop.
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With the housing surplus in the area, it has turned into a buyers' market, allowing buyers to negotiate better prices.
Synonyms
4
3.7
A time when more things are for sale than people want, so people who buy can get lower prices
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6.0
A market with more goods for sale than buyers, so sellers get lower prices
Antonyms
3
3.9
A market where more buyers want things for sale than sellers have, so sellers can ask higher prices
How Favorable
3
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
buyers' + market
The meaning 'a market giving buyers an advantage' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'buyers' (people who buy) with 'market' (place or system of trade); the possessive signals the market is characterized by buyers. This compositional pattern is common across languages and follows straightforward semantic logic, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Buyers' market paints the picture of a market with more goods than people who want to buy, so the buyers' have the power and sellers must lower prices to sell. That's why it means 'a time when buyers have the advantage and can get lower prices'.