A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
ORDER XXIII.—COMMERCIAL, FINANCE, AND INSURANCE OCCUPATIONS (excluding Clerks)
Sub-order 1.—Commercial Occupations
772.—Buyers
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- agent, purchasing
- a buyer (q.v.) acting on behalf of a number of firms.
- buyer
- selects and purchases goods for retail sale on behalf of his/her firm; interviews travelling representatives of manufacturers or wholesale merchants; visits market centres; in large departmental stores, buys for one department only, under supervision of head buyer.
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From:
A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain. 