"purchaser" meaning in English

See purchaser in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: purchasers [plural]
Etymology: From 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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        {
          "ref": "1951 June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Abandoned Branch Lands”, in Railway Magazine, page 428:",
          "text": "If this was unrestricted freehold, the land is available for sale or lease, although often it is not readily marketable, by reason of its shape and access; neighbouring landowners are possible purchasers. In some cases, reversionary rights were reserved to neighbouring landowners when the land was acquired.",
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        "One who purchases."
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          "roman": "hatıp alıwsı",
          "sense": "one who purchases",
          "word": "һатып алыусы"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "one who purchases",
          "word": "買主"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "word": "購買人"
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          "sense": "one who purchases",
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          "sense": "one who purchases",
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          "sense": "one who purchases",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "one who purchases",
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "one who purchases",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who purchases",
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "ōnētḗs",
          "sense": "one who purchases",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ὠνητής"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one who purchases",
          "word": "vevő"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one who purchases",
          "word": "vásárló"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "one who purchases",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "one who purchases",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "one who purchases",
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          "sense": "one who purchases",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "one who purchases",
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          "sense": "one who purchases",
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          "sense": "one who purchases",
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          ],
          "word": "покупа́тельница"
        },
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "one who purchases",
          "word": "mamimili"
        }
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      "source": "Thesaurus:purchaser",
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      "sense": "one who purchases",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "word": "買主"
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      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "word": "購買人"
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      "roman": "gòumǎirén",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "word": "購買者"
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      "sense": "one who purchases",
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      "sense": "one who purchases",
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      "sense": "one who purchases",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
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      "sense": "one who purchases",
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      "sense": "one who purchases",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "word": "ostaja"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ōnētḗs",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
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      "word": "ὠνητής"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "word": "vevő"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "word": "vásárló"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
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      "word": "ēmtor"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ēmtrīx"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "word": "kirihoko"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokupátelʹ",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
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      "word": "покупа́тель"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokupátelʹnica",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "покупа́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "one who purchases",
      "word": "mamimili"
    }
  ],
  "word": "purchaser"
}

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