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emptor

American

[emp-ter, -tawr] / ˈɛmp tər, -tɔr /

noun

(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.

Etymology

Origin of emptor

1870–75; < Latin: buyer, equivalent to em ( ere ) to buy + -tor -tor, with intrusive -p-

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