noun

purchaser

PUR-chuh-ser/ˈpɜːrtʃəsər/

A person or organization that buys something.

The purchaser hands over cash while receiving the ceramic bowl.

A purchaser pays for a plain ceramic bowl at a shop counter: the buyer hands cash to the seller while receiving the bowl, making the exchange of money for goods immediately visible.

Etymology

purOld Frenchforth

+chasOld Frenchto hunt, chase

+erOld Frenchone who does

The pursuit base and agent ending describe someone who obtains something. A purchaser originally acquired property by means other than inheritance; the meaning later narrowed to a buyer.

In context

The Scottish Parliament113:27

the purchase of a property has gone wrong and the purchaser has not received good legal title to all or part of it

Public Petitions Committee - 7 December 2017

More examples

The company is the largest purchaser of local wheat.
Each purchaser receives a receipt and a copy of the warranty.
Prospective purchasers can tour the house on Saturday.

Forms

purchaser · purchasers

purchase verb — To obtain something by paying money.

Similar words

buyer: The usual everyday word, less formal than purchaser.
customer: Emphasizes the buyer's relationship with a seller or business.