"purchaser" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: purchasers [plural]
Etymology: purchase + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|purchase|er}} purchase + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} purchaser (plural purchasers)
  1. One who purchases. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: buyer, customer, patron, client, emptor, procurer, punter [UK, slang], purchaser, sellee, vendee Hypernyms: recipient Hyponyms: prostitute's client, regular Holonyms: clientele, customer base Derived forms: straw purchaser Related terms: buy Translations (one who purchases): ὠνητής (ōnētḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), һатып алыусы (hatıp alıwsı) (Bashkir), 買主 (Chinese Mandarin), 买主 (mǎizhǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 購買人 (Chinese Mandarin), 购买人 (gòumǎirén) (Chinese Mandarin), 購買者 (Chinese Mandarin), 购买者 (gòumǎizhě) (Chinese Mandarin), 買方 (Chinese Mandarin), 买方 (mǎifāng) (Chinese Mandarin), koper [masculine] (Dutch), koopster [feminine] (Dutch), aĉetanto (Esperanto), aĉetantino [feminine] (Esperanto), ostaja (Finnish), vevő (Hungarian), vásárló (Hungarian), ēmptor [masculine] (Latin), ēmtor [masculine] (Latin), ēmptrīx [feminine] (Latin), ēmtrīx [feminine] (Latin), kirihoko (Maori), nabywca [masculine] (Polish), nabywczyni [feminine] (Polish), покупа́тель (pokupátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), покупа́тельница (pokupátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), mamimili (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one who purchases",
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          "sense": "one who purchases",
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    },
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      "sense": "one who purchases",
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      "sense": "one who purchases",
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      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "word": "买主"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "word": "購買人"
    },
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      "word": "购买人"
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      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "word": "購買者"
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      "sense": "one who purchases",
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      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "word": "vevő"
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      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "word": "vásárló"
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      "sense": "one who purchases",
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      "sense": "one who purchases",
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