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comprador
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com·pra·dor also com·pra·dore  (kmpr-dôr)
n.
1. An intermediary; a go-between.
2. A native-born agent in China and certain other Asian countries formerly employed by a foreign business to serve as a collaborator or intermediary in commercial transactions.

[Portuguese, from Late Latin compartor, buyer, from Latin comparre, to buy : com-, com- + parre, to get; see per-1 in Indo-European roots.]


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Entre los compradores de clase media con garantias del gobierno, la mora es casi del 9%.
Ngo's introductory chapter is followed by John Carroll's examination of the colony's founding, in which he conclusively demonstrates that Britain's acquisition of Hong Kong depended not just on British military strength but, more importantly, on the assistance of Chinese contractors, compradores and other merchants who supplied British forces during the Opium War.
Empty cents" was an expression created by Shanghai compradores to mean "one who has no money.
 
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