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# buyer

noun (a buyer, buyers)

«buyer» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who buys something: the buyer of the house. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/#x1)
- The seller wants 50 dollars but the buyer offers 40. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/#x2)
- The house has found a buyer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/#x3)
- A wise buyer compares prices before choosing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/#x4)
- Mum is a buyer for a big toy shop. [tree →](https://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://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://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 Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Proverbs shows a buyer who runs down goods to get a lower price. Zechariah's buyers who "hold themselves not guilty" show the leaders' greed toward God's flock. In the primary 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

- 'It is bad, it is bad', saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. (Writings PRO.20.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buyer/#x1)
- The time is come, the day draweth near; let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. (Prophets EZK.7.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buyer/#x2)
- whose buyers slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say: Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not. (Prophets ZEC.11.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buyer/#x3)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «buyer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/buyer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«buyer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/buyer.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «buyer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/buyer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«buyer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/buyer.html) on Mova free.