buyer's market

noun

An excess of supply over demand, leading to abnormally low prices.

“Take any price you can get. We're in a buyer's market right now.”

Similar
buyers' marketsoft market

Meanings

nounbuyer's market (plural buyer's markets or buyers' markets)

plural buyer's markets · plural buyers' markets

  1. businessAn excess of supply over demand, leading to abnormally low prices.

    Take any price you can get. We're in a buyer's market right now.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna market in which more people want to sell than want to buy

Similar
buyers' marketsoft market
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 買方市場 /买方市场
  • 買方市場 /买方市场 (mǎifāng shìchǎng)excess of supply over demand
Finnish ostajan markkinat
  • ostajan markkinatexcess of supply over demand
Irish margadh ceannaitheora
  • margadh ceannaitheoraexcess of supply over demand
Polish rynek nabywcy
  • rynek nabywcyexcess of supply over demand
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APA

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MLA

“buyer's market.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buyer's%20market. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buyer's market,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buyer's%20market.

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