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.

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Meanings

nounfirst-time buyer (plural first-time buyers)

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.
    1 more example

    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 flats.

    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.

Translations

Finnish ensiostaja
  • ensiostajaperson purchasing a house for the first time
Cite this entry
APA

first-time buyer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/first-time%20buyer

MLA

“first-time buyer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/first-time%20buyer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “first-time buyer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/first-time%20buyer.

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