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caveat emptor
[ kav-ee-aht emp-tawr, -at, kah-vee-, key-; Latin kah-we-aht emp-tohr ]
noun
- let the buyer beware: the principle that the seller of a product cannot be held responsible for its quality unless it is guaranteed in a warranty.
caveat emptor
/ ˈɛmptɔː /
noun
- the principle that the buyer must bear the risk for the quality of goods purchased unless they are covered by the seller's warranty
Caveat emptor
- Latin for “Let the buyer beware.” It means that a customer should be cautious and alert to the possibility of being cheated: “Caveat emptor is the first rule of buying a used car.”
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Example Sentences
Caveat emptor, this list could go on for another dozen easily.
Meanwhile you trust at your peril, caveat emptor, your eyes are your market, or words to similar effect.
Selling the suspicion wronged nobody—he would give no warranty with it—Caveat emptor.
Caveat emptor becomes discredited as an unmodified basis of human action.
Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from dishonest stony-hearted Rome.
At such times one would do well to remember the old words caveat emptor.
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