バイヤーbaiyaa

Common
Definitions
  1. nounbuyer
    An Indian buyer and a Japanese businessman haggled over the price of the new product.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym買い手かいてNeutralNeutral. The buying side in a transaction; common in everyday use and not necessarily a professional buyer, while 「バイヤー」 is used in commercial and trade contexts.
  • Synonym購買者こうばいしゃWrittenWritten/formal prose: a general term for anyone who buys goods or services, stressing the act of buying; 「バイヤー」 is mostly a buyer in trade or other business deals.
  • Synonym購入者こうにゅうしゃWrittenWritten/formal prose: the person who actually pays for goods or services, common in explanations and statistics; 「バイヤー」 is a buyer or purchasing agent in business deals.
  • Antonym売り手うりてNeutralNeutral. The selling side in a transaction, as in 「売り手市場」; it is the opposite of 「バイヤー」 in the buyer-seller positions.
  • AntonymセラーNeutralNeutral loanword for a seller, often used on online shopping platforms; it can also mean a cellar. Opposite of 「バイヤー」 in the seller sense.

Use 「バイヤー」 for buyers in trade and commerce, including professional store buyers. For the buying side in a deal say 「買い手」; for the person who actually purchased something, 「購入者」. 「売り手」 and 「セラー」 are the seller counterparts.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (外国がいこく貿易商ぼうえきしょうなどの)買い手かいて。買い付かいつけ人にん。
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