buy side
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.10 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The sector of the finance industry that assists investors and investing institutions in purchasing products from the sell side.
noun
A model of e-commerce in which an institution uses a software application to electronically streamline the purchasing process.
Example Sentences
- "The sell side exists only because the buy side trades before we can understand when the sell side is profitable."
- "Like their buy-side counterparts, the sell side will welcome entrepreneurs with open arms for no other reason than to regain the home court advantage: to reconnect to the buy side."
- "I stand by the door, playing the role of greeter, accumulating lipstick impressions on my cheeks and, occasionally, a small gift -- a perk of the buy side."
- "It provides a discussion of various e-commerce business models from differing persepectives and presents a taxonomy based on criteria such as sell side versus buy side, system orientation, penetration level, and organizational structure."
- "The buy side model has one company buying products and services from many sellers."
- "On the buy side, e-commerce strategy aimed at carrying out the whole negotiation process on the web and performing transactions electronically with GE's suppliers."