noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a potential customer/buyer/client
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Advertisers want to reach as many potential customers as possible.
a prospective buyer ( also a prospective purchaser formal )
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He said that he had a prospective buyer for the boat.
buyer's market
first-time buyer
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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Supplies to consumers will not be hit, because the big buyers get most of their fish from outside the North Sea.
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Sizzling sectors like the Internet brought big gains to buyers of Netscape.
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Calling cold on big company buyers is unlikely to be successful, however.
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The bigger buyers don't trust us right away.
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Glasgow has six or eight of these big buyers and about two dozen first-division dealers.
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National mutual funds were among the biggest buyers , according to an underwriter at A. G. Edwards.
foreign
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Analysts forecast an extra fillip to early water dealing with a wave of institutional buying from foreign buyers starved of stock.
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Of course, some foreign buyers are blowhards who end up destroying companies and themselves.
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The price can be set below the competitors to attract foreign buyers who have to pay in hard currency.
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Prodrive Motorsport make rally cars and parts, and low sterling rates are attracting foreign buyers like never before.
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In alternate weeks the auction is wholly devoted to domestic buyers or to foreign buyers.
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The index, at 1,834.83, is now 138 percent up since the market was opened to foreign buyers on 9 August.
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And they say any spare cars are being snapped up by foreign buyers .
large
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There was a large contingent of buyers from Eire who took 32 rams in total.
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The sellers were scared off by a large buyer .
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Gee, sorry, seems about all we have left is miles from the largest concentrations of buyers .
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We assume competition the presence of a larger number of buyers and sellers.
potential
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Ask your estate agent to send a representative with potential buyers .
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As in other auctions, potential buyers can preview the items.
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Your estate agent will negotiate with potential buyers , keeping you informed of offers and how the sale is progressing.
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And it counts on the jet-propelled feel of its bicycles' ride to appeal to the youthful dreams of potential buyers .
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A market is a group of existing and potential buyers or users of a product or service. 6.
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Registration for the sale has been repeatedly postponed to accommodate potential buyers , officials said.
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Market segmentation is especially important in consumer markets, where the numbers of potential buyers can be measured in millions.
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The Stoughton, Mass. company did not name any potential buyers for Avia.
private
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These provide compensation for faulty concrete construction in council homes sold to private buyers .
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When no private buyers turned up, Visalia did just what Santa Clara did.
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The big fleet operators get the biggest discounts - putting the dealers under pressure to maintain higher prices for private buyers .
prospective
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What could give a prospective house buyer more confidence?
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In University City, some agents issue similar warnings to prospective buyers .
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We will have to arrange for advance publicity, set up an office and make arrangements to show prospective buyers around.
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Though, as we discuss below, this provision has been modified, the nationalistic sentiment was clearly registered by prospective buyers .
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The only way they can market their products is to produce literature detailed enough to convince the prospective buyer .
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The following is a check-list for prospective puppy buyers: 1.
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Voice over Around 1,000 prospective buyers are likely to turn up for tomorrow's sale.
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The prospect has got prospective buyers drooling.
■ NOUN
book
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And today's book buyers agree.
car
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The sooner car maker take this development seriously, the happier the car buyer will be.
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It is just one, however, of several that have sprung up to assist car buyers .
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Video guide to new cars CAR buyers could soon choose their new models by watching a video at home.
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There is no charge to the car buyer .
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Recession has concentrated the minds of car buyers both private and corporate on the economics of running costs.
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Super Bowl newcomers include AutoBy-Tel, which hooks up car buyers with dealers via the Internet; eyewear maker Luxotica.
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But gas prices remained low, and car buyers focused on comfort and performance rather than fuel-efficiency.
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Mitsubishi Motors Corp. hopes car buyers think so.
home
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Initially this was given to both individual home buyers and investors, although this policy was later reviewed to exclude investors.
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The lowest median income for home buyers was $ 52, 900 in Cleveland.
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This would save a home buyer with a thirty thousand pound mortgage just over eleven pounds a month.
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Current builder contracts are more sophisticated and worse than ever before for the home buyers .
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But for today at least estate agents, and home buyers are celebrating.
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He also wants to shift funds to first-time home buyer programs.
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The company claims the machines are aimed at the bulk-buy corporate market, schools and home buyers .
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Thrifts in the Sun Belt had small deposits and a lot of demand for money from home buyers .
house
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What could give a prospective house buyer more confidence?
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Good luck to first-time house buyers , particularly during these troubled times.
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First-time house buyers are the last people who need assistance.
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As a man he became a compulsive house buyer .
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Radical breaks on stamp duty are planned to entice house buyers into rundown areas.
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The general economic uncertainties, and particularly high unemployment damaged the confidence of prospective house buyers .
time
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The lull in the housing market means that mortgage lenders are more desperate than ever to attract first-\#time buyers .
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The first time buyers recognise the opportunities in the market place.
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This compares to an average UK-wide price of £44,050 and an average advance of £37,865 to first time buyers .
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The only cloud on the immediate horizon is raising a mortgage - especially if you are a first time buyer .
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And she revealed that first time buyers in Northern Ireland have the most affordable housing in Britain.
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First time buyers can borrow up to 95% of the valuation or purchase price; product fee is £150.
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The company says catering for first time buyers is boosting sales at a time when other builders are reporting big losses.
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We appreciate what a stumbling block this can be and will lend you 100% as a first time buyer .
■ VERB
act
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Generally, it is not possible to act for both a buyer and a seller, for their interests vary.
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Requests for the metal are made in telexes in the names of banks or solicitors acting for the buyer .
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As mentioned earlier in the text, it is important to proceed with caution when acting for joint buyers .
allow
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Property should come under the Trades Description Act and contracts should allow buyers to back out if they discover undeclared defects.
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He was equally tolerant when it came to allowing buyers to choose colours that would go with their interior decoration.
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Porsche claims the scheme allows buyers to finance a new 968 for less than £500 a month.
attract
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The lull in the housing market means that mortgage lenders are more desperate than ever to attract first-time buyers .
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And it allows the auction company more time to put together items and produce a bigger auction, which attracts more buyers .
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The collection of earrings, brooches and necklaces have attracted widespread interest from buyers at the International Spring Fair.
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Reverse splits make a stock appear more expensive and can attract buyers who will not purchase shares that sell for a pittance.
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The price can be set below the competitors to attract foreign buyers who have to pay in hard currency.
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Much desired, and disturbingly handsome, the Passat attracts all sorts of buyers .
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Prodrive Motorsport make rally cars and parts, and low sterling rates are attracting foreign buyers like never before.
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Q.V. stamps of Great Britain failed to attract a buyer , and is safely stored away for next year.
fail
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Eighty-nine lots were sold for a total of £1.55 million, with a further sixty-three lots failing to find buyers .
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Recovery of the purchase price Where the consideration has totally failed , the buyer can recover any payments he has already paid.
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Q.V. stamps of Great Britain failed to attract a buyer , and is safely stored away for next year.
find
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If an order was cancelled we would have difficulty finding another buyer .
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Still, sellers have faced trouble finding buyers .
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But his video may not find as many overseas buyers as his rivals think.
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You could probably sell the slate, if you can find a buyer .
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They may find no buyers for the hamburgers they plan to sell.
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Eighty-nine lots were sold for a total of £1.55 million, with a further sixty-three lots failing to find buyers .
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Touche Ross have three months in which to find a new buyer before reporting to Quietwaters creditors.
offer
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In the more meaningful deadweight trade signals from the continent also offer buyers encouragement.
pass
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In spite of this, the Court of Appeal held that the parties intended risk to pass when the buyers accepted the delivery note.
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Thus, sometimes a seller will find himself still in possession of goods after the ownership in them has passed to the buyer .
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These savings are passed to buyers .
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In that case ownership will not pass to the buyer before the seller has himself succeeded in acquiring that ownership.
pay
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The seller is concerned about being paid and the buyer about getting hold of the goods.
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If price cuts have to be paid to all buyers this reduces their profitability as well as increasing their detectability.
sell
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The stake was sold to a single buyer through Warburg Securities.
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Public goods are indivisible, involving such large units that they can not be sold to individual buyers .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a buyer's/seller's market
prospective employee/candidate/buyer etc
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Abele also will provide prospective buyers with e-mail updates of new listings that meet their criteria.
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In University City, some agents issue similar warnings to prospective buyers.
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It's putting off prospective buyers.
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Not only does a company interview prospective employees, the would-be employees are supposed to interview the company.
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Once you have a list of prospective candidates, you need to do a bit of research.
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Requiring drug tests of this discrete group of citizens is an intrusion, a humiliation and a subtle deterrent to prospective candidates.
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The élite squads work more intensively and aim to produce at least three prospective candidates in each weight division.
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The only way they can market their products is to produce literature detailed enough to convince the prospective buyer.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Lower house prices should attract more buyers.
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They've had a lot of enquiries about the company - there's no shortage of potential buyers.
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We couldn't find a buyer for our house, so we weren't able to move after all.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Access to the Internet did not much excite these older buyers either.
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But what will happen when the holders of all those assets outnumber the buyers?
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It is the force which subjects producers and resource suppliers to the dictates of buyer or consumer sovereignty.
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One is perfect for the first-time buyer or those seeking a second base, and the other is an ideal family home.
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Secondly, there is a buyer credit where a bank in the exporter's country provides a loan to the importer.
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This will be the position provided the goods perished before any had been delivered to the buyer .
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Whether that will be enough to convince buyers to stick around remains to be seen.