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purchaser

purchaser

29 2.8
A person who buys goods or property
  • noun
  • /ˈpɜrʧəsər/
translation icon : comprador
  • I am a frequent purchaser of blankets.
  • large purchasers
  • purchasers of assistive devices
  • credit purchasers

I am a frequent purchaser of blankets.

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Examples

  • The purchaser of the horse claims... ...he was not told of the vicious nature of the beast.

  • The purchaser of your bike is me.

  • Your name was there as the purchaser.

  • After the United States, Germany is the second largest purchaser of Latin American goods.

    Academic text (1993)
  • With such contracts, if the purchaser does not take the gas, the supplier wants it back.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Purchasers of locomotive parts are subject to an extensive background check.

  • Vail becomes the second-largest corporate purchaser of wind power in the country, the EPA said.

    Blog text (9)
  • When McDonald's is the largest purchaser of ground beef in the United States and they want their hamburgers to taste, everywhere, exactly the same, they change how ground beef is produced.

  • As a loyal customer, I have become a frequent purchaser of my favorite brand's products.

  • Laws require that certain details be disclosed to purchasers before completing a real estate transaction.

Synonyms

customer
vspurchaser
1.0

A person or company that buys from a business

covers any person who buys, not only those buying from businesses
consumer
vspurchaser
1.8

A person who buys and uses goods or services

is about buying regardless of later use or production role
buyer
vspurchaser
431 1.0

A person who pays money to get goods or services

is more specific to buying goods or property than general buying
emptor
vspurchaser
  • Specialized
4 9.8

A person who buys something, especially in legal documents

is the neutral general term for someone who buys items
acquirer
vspurchaser
1 5.9

A person or company that buys something to own it

is centered on buying goods or property rather than broader acquisition
procurer
vspurchaser
1 7.5

A person who finds and buys things for other people

focuses on personal buying rather than obtaining for someone else
vendee
vspurchaser
  • Formal
1 9.5

A person who buys something in a business or legal deal

is broader and used in everyday buying beyond formal sales
orderer
vspurchaser
5.6

Someone who asks a seller to supply goods or services

focuses on buying itself rather than only placing orders

Antonyms

257 1.0

A person or company that offers goods for money

How Active

buyer
431 1.0
purchaser
29 2.8

Surface Forms

purchaser singular
purchasers plural

Morphology

purchaser = purchase (transparent) = purchase + er

A regular agentive formation from the verb 'purchase' with the productive suffix '-er' meaning 'person who buys'.

Etymology

Purchaser comes from purchase, a word that originally meant 'to obtain' and now means 'to buy', plus the ending -er that makes it 'a person who does something', just like baker comes from bake. So a purchaser is simply a person who buys something.