Purchaser
noun
A person who buys something.
The purchaser of the property should sign the contract.

Often appears as...
- potential purchaser
- property purchaser
noun
In law, a person who obtains a legal title or ownership of something.
The purchaser of the estate was given a deed of ownership.

Often appears as...
- legal purchaser
- sole purchaser
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A person who buys something.
The purchaser of the property should sign the contract.

Often appears as...
- potential purchaser
- property purchaser
noun
In law, a person who obtains a legal title or ownership of something.
The purchaser of the estate was given a deed of ownership.

Often appears as...
- legal purchaser
- sole purchaser
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2

Usual Context
Commonly used in everyday scenarios, like shopping or trading.

The purchaser decided to buy the shoes after trying them on.
Active Role
Emphasizes the action of buying, not just the intent or interest.

The purchaser quickly paid for the vintage car.
Not Always Positive
May imply recklessness or overspending when used in certain contexts.

The purchaser regretted buying the expensive gadget on a whim.
Usual Context
Commonly used in everyday scenarios, like shopping or trading.

The purchaser decided to buy the shoes after trying them on.
Active Role
Emphasizes the action of buying, not just the intent or interest.

The purchaser quickly paid for the vintage car.
Not Always Positive
May imply recklessness or overspending when used in certain contexts.

The purchaser regretted buying the expensive gadget on a whim.
Usual Context
Commonly used in everyday scenarios, like shopping or trading.

The purchaser decided to buy the shoes after trying them on.
Active Role
Emphasizes the action of buying, not just the intent or interest.

The purchaser quickly paid for the vintage car.
Not Always Positive
May imply recklessness or overspending when used in certain contexts.

The purchaser regretted buying the expensive gadget on a whim.
Video examples
The COVID-19 crisis is a...
of investment and the next layer down right so challenge mission sectors the next layer down are kind of the projects and this is where I talk about the need for procurement contracts so government as purchaser grants and loans to be redesigned to really nurture and
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Hire the hackers! -...
to get hold of them the purchaser would send the administrative officer some dollars digitally and the vendor would sell the stolen credit card details and the officer would then verify if the credit card the stolen credit cards
Video examples
The COVID-19 crisis is a...
of investment and the next layer down right so challenge mission sectors the next layer down are kind of the projects and this is where I talk about the need for procurement contracts so government as purchaser grants and loans to be redesigned to really nurture and
Video examples
Hire the hackers! -...
to get hold of them the purchaser would send the administrative officer some dollars digitally and the vendor would sell the stolen credit card details and the officer would then verify if the credit card the stolen credit cards
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
John Bates Clark
American Economist
In a recent decision of the Supreme Court, not made, however, by the full court, and concurred in by only four justices, it was held that the seller of a patented mimeograph could bind the purchaser to use only his ink in the machine, though the ink was not patented.

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Ron Kind
American Politician
Right now, a majority of the debt is owed to foreign interests, Japan being the largest purchaser of government debt today, soon to be surpassed by China as the number one purchaser of our debt in this Nation.

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Tom Udall
American Politician
Encouraging underground uranium mining on the Colorado Plateau um, the federal government was the only purchaser of uranium ore to try to manufacture uh, atomic bombs.

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M. S. Swaminathan
Indian Scientist
Contract farming can be promoted if it is structured on the basis of a win-win situation both for the producer and the purchaser.

Quote examples
John Bates Clark
American Economist
In a recent decision of the Supreme Court, not made, however, by the full court, and concurred in by only four justices, it was held that the seller of a patented mimeograph could bind the purchaser to use only his ink in the machine, though the ink was not patented.

Quote examples
Ron Kind
American Politician
Right now, a majority of the debt is owed to foreign interests, Japan being the largest purchaser of government debt today, soon to be surpassed by China as the number one purchaser of our debt in this Nation.

Quote examples
Tom Udall
American Politician
Encouraging underground uranium mining on the Colorado Plateau um, the federal government was the only purchaser of uranium ore to try to manufacture uh, atomic bombs.

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M. S. Swaminathan
Indian Scientist
Contract farming can be promoted if it is structured on the basis of a win-win situation both for the producer and the purchaser.

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