buyer, n.Definitions

A Buyer (n.) studies ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the seller's costs only with the crafty intention of proving the goods could go cheaper and the seller still do good business.

Buyer (n.) and ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the seller are not outgrowths of human nature but masks worn at the market: the seller a personified sugar-loaf, the buyer personified gold.