potential buyer

collocation in English

meaningsofpotentialandbuyer

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk
/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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buyer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbaɪ.ər/us
/ˈbaɪ.ɚ/
someone who buys something expensive such as ...
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(Definition ofpotentialandbuyerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Each variable must be of interest to at least two constraints, at least one that is apotentialbuyerand at least one that is a potential seller.
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The seller cannot find anotherpotentialbuyer.
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An exclusive dealership may, however, sell to anypotentialbuyerthat approaches its showroom.
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In this way the unit holder, or thepotentialbuyerof the unit, is protected against paying too high a price.
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When there is only onepotentialbuyer, that is scarcely a reasonable way to determine the true market value.
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It would, of course, do nothing at all to bring down land prices, but would simply bring into the market anotherpotentialbuyer.
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These involve apotentialbuyerand a potential seller.
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In other spheres of privatisation, employees of public utilities or state-owned organisations have been given an opportunity to negotiate with thepotentialbuyer.
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The highway authority really becomes, when it is before the arbitrator, almost the onlypotentialbuyerleft.
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It is doubtlessly a step forward in terms of ensuring that the seller can ensure that apotentialbuyerdoes not disclose information.
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What is the basis of valuation to determine the selling price of the assets to anypotentialbuyer?
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Anypotentialbuyermust make that assessment on the available evidence.
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Will surveyors be liable for negligence or breach of contract to thepotentialbuyer?
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It was rejected because thepotentialbuyerwould have wanted to continue production of carpet yarns.
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It is impossible to give thepotentialbuyertoo much information.
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If there is apotentialbuyerat home or abroad, it would help our continuing debate if that interest made itself felt.
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If, having looked at them, they considered themselves apotentialbuyer, they would ask the estate agent if they could view the home information pack.
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At the same time, thepotentialbuyerwas advertising part of the lot as 12 one-seventh-of-an-acre plots with no planning permission, for £5,000 each.
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To sell must mean that a museum has apotentialbuyerhaving the necessary available funds.
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That was that all goods must be offered for tender or auction and that thepotentialbuyermust have an opportunity of inspecting the goods.
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