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# buyer

«buyer» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who buys something: the buyer of the house** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a buyer, buyers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who buys something: the buyer of the house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/#m1)

2) A person whose job is choosing and buying goods for a shop or company: a fashion buyer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths word problems on money there is a buyer and a seller: the buyer pays and gets change. In everyday life and citizenship lessons on money, a smart buyer compares prices and looks for scams. Phrases: first-time buyer, buyer and seller, buyer beware.

### examples

- The buyer paid 20 pounds for the bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/#x1)
- The seller wants 50 dollars but the buyer offers 40. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/#x2)
- The house has found a buyer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/#x3)
- A wise buyer compares prices before choosing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/#x4)
- Mum is a buyer for a big toy shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/#x5)
- If the buyer gives 10 dollars for a 7-dollar book, the change is 3 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/#x6)
- Presently a buyer came along and asked if the Sow produced good litters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/#x7)

### note

Countable. Opposite: seller. Do not confuse with "by" or "bye". In maths, the buyer's money goes down by the price; the seller's goes up.

### In the corpora

- [A tidy house helps buyers imagine living there and can sell faster or for more money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/10/)
- ['It is bad, it is bad', saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.572/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «buyer» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.