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first-time buyer

first-time buyer noun: a person purchasing a house for the first time, as opposed to one who already owns a house and is selling it in order to buy another.

Noun

first-time buyer (plural first-time buyers)

  1. A person purchasing a house for the first time, as opposed to one who already owns a house and is selling it in order to buy another.
    • Of course, closure of the West station took away the hotel's raison d'être. In May 2012, the local newspaper reported that this historic hotel, by then rated the town's worst (exemplified by its final review: "Please avoid at all costs"), was to be converted into 31 first-time-buyer one-bedroom...2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Bournemouth (circa 1880)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60
  2. A person who purchases something for the first time.

Forms of first-time buyer

pluralfirst-time buyers

Questions about first-time buyer

What does first-time buyer mean?
First-time buyer means a person purchasing a house for the first time, as opposed to one who already owns a house and is selling it in order to buy another.
What part of speech is first-time buyer?
First-time buyer is a noun.
What is the plural of first-time buyer?
The plural of first-time buyer is first-time buyers.

Words near first-time buyer in the dictionary

  1. first-stringer
  2. first-stringers
  3. first-teamer
  4. first-teamers
  5. first-time
  6. first-time buyer
  7. first-time buyers
  8. first-timer
  9. first-timers
  10. first-wave feminism
  11. first-waver

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