Homebuyers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals who are interested in acquiring a residence for personal occupancy
2. Persons involved in the market for buying domestic living spaces such as houses or condos
3. People engaged in acquiring property for living in rather than renting

Etymology: "Homebuyers" is simply the plural of "homebuyer," so the story belongs to its two parts. "Home" is an Old English word, and "buyer" comes from "buy," which also goes back to Old English, where it was "bycgan." The compound is transparent: a homebuyer is someone who buys a home, and the word describes the people doing that, not the act itself. The plural simply adds the "-s" that English uses for more than one person. Because the word is built from two ordinary words put together, it has no special moment of coinage to point to, and nothing in its making is surprising. Its meaning matches its parts exactly, which is why it reads so easily.

Synonyms: purchasers, buyers, clients