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buyer noun

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Definition

someone who buys something expensive such as a house
He's still looking for a buyer for his house.
someone whose job it is to decide what will be bought by a company
She's the buyer for a stylish boutique in Dublin.

(Definition of buyer noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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