purchaser

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English purchase

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English purchaser

From purchase + -er.

Noun

purchaser (plural purchasers)

1. One who purchases.

   Synonym: buyer

   Hypernyms: procurer, obtainer < agent

   Hyponym: purchasing agent

   Near-synonyms: customer, patron

   • 1951 June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Abandoned Branch Lands”, in Railway Magazine, page 428:

     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.

   2. (often specifically) A purchasing agent.

Derived terms

• copurchaser
• nonpurchaser
• purchasership
• straw purchaser
• subpurchaser
• traveling purchaser problem

Translations

one who purchases

• Bashkir: һатып алыусы (hatıp alıwsı)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 買主 / 买主 (zh) (mǎizhǔ), 購買人 / 购买人 (gòumǎirén), 購買者 / 购买者 (zh) (gòumǎizhě), 買方 / 买方 (zh) (mǎifāng)

• Dutch: koper (nl) m, koopster f
• Esperanto: aĉetanto, aĉetantino (female)
• Finnish: ostaja (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ὠνητής m (ōnētḗs)

• Hungarian: vevő (hu), vásárló (hu)
• Latin: ēmptor (la) m, ēmtor m, ēmptrīx (la) f, ēmtrīx f
• Lithuanian: pirkėjas m, pirkėja f
• Māori: kirihoko
• Polish: nabywca (pl) m, nabywczyni (pl) f
• Russian: покупа́тель (ru) m (pokupátelʹ), покупа́тельница (ru) f (pokupátelʹnica)
• Tagalog: mamimili (tl)

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