Buyers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Persons or groups that engage in the acquisition of products or services through purchase transactions
2. Entities or individuals who participate in economic exchanges to acquire goods or services for various purposes
3. Individuals or groups who obtain products or services by paying for them

Etymology: "Buyers" is simply the plural of "buyer," and the word it is built from, "buy," has a more surprising pedigree than its short shape suggests. "Buy" goes back to Old English "bycġan," which traces to a Proto-Germanic root that also gave rise to words for "pledge" and "bail" in later English, since early purchases were often secured by promises and sureties. The ending "-er" comes from Old French "-ier," which was itself borrowed from Latin "-ārius," a suffix meaning a person connected with a particular activity. Middle English picked up this ending and attached it to "buy," producing "buyer" by the late medieval period, and the plural simply adds "-s."

Synonyms: purchasers, clients, customers, consumers, shoppers

Antonyms: sellers, vendors, suppliers, traders, merchants