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sniper

noun [C] (BUYER)
 
 
/ˈsnaɪ.pər/ US  /-pɚ/

Definition

someone who waits until nearly the end of an auction (= public competition to buy goods) on a website before saying how much money they will offer, in order to be more successful than other people trying to buy the same thingPeople who buy thingsTraders, merchants and entrepreneurs
(Definition of sniper noun (BUYER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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