COMPRADOR Definition & Meaning

comprador

or ��ǳ�·��·��ǰ��

[ kom-pruh-dawr ]

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noun

(formerly in China) a local agent or factotum, as of a foreign business house.

comprador

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noun

(formerly in China and some other Asian countries) a native agent of a foreign enterprise

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of comprador¹

First recorded in 1605–15; from Portuguese: literally, “buyer” from Latin ��ǳ��貹��ٴǰ�, equivalent to ��ǳ��貹��(��) “to furnish, provide, prepare” ( com-, prepare ) + -tor -tor

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of comprador¹

C17: from Portuguese: buyer, from Late Latin ��ǳ��貹��ٴǰ�, from Latin ��ǳ��貹�� to purchase, from �貹�� to prepare

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La heredera de Fórmula Uno, Petra Ecclestone, y un comprador misterioso hicieron historia este mes con la venta récord de $119.75 millones de “The Manor” en Holmby Hills.

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PJT Partners and Comprador Ltd joined as financial advisors as Brough unveiled a strategic review of Noble.

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In fact US corporations are happy to exploit the Chinese Comunist Party as 'comprador' to keep Chinese labor cheap and silent.

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México es el segundo mayor consumidor de manzanas de Washington, un comprador clave de aviones de Boeing y alberga un almacén de Amazon, así como 500 Starbucks y 40 tiendas de Costco.

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Old colonial terms — such as comprador, which the Portuguese used in China — defined the subordinated bourgeoisie of the new nations.

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