kupujcy

Kupujący, also written kupujacy in non-diacritic form, is a Polish noun meaning the person or party that buys goods or services. In economics, law, procurement, and everyday language it refers to the buyer in a transaction, typically contrasted with sprzedający (the seller). In procurement and contracting, the term is often used as “strona kupująca” to denote the buyer or ordering party.

Etymology and form: kupujący derives from the verb kupić (to buy) and the participial suffix -ący, indicating the agent who performs the action of buying. The standard spelling in Polish uses the diacritic ą, but kupujacy is a common unmarked variant found in older texts or simplified orthography. The word can function as a subject (Kupujący złożył ofertę) or as an adjective-like noun describing the party that buys (umowa z stroną kupującą).

Usage and nuance: kupujący is a general term for the buyer in a wide range of contexts—market transactions, auctions, and legal contracts. It is often interchangeable with nabywca (purchaser) in more formal or technical writing, though nabywca can carry a slightly more formal or neutral tone. In contrast, klient usually refers to a customer or client, and kupiec tends to mean a merchant or trader rather than the buyer in a specific transaction.

See also: sprzedający, nabywca, klient, kupno.