emptor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of emptor
1870–75; < Latin: buyer, equivalent to em ( ere ) to buy + -tor -tor, with intrusive -p-
Example Sentences
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As the phrase goes in Latin — caveat emptor, or “let the buyer beware.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
"This is one of the caveat emptor things that all foreign would-be acquirers should keep in mind."
From Reuters ● Aug. 31, 2023
New Yorkers are going to be talking about Speaker’s Corner, at 8-5, but caveat emptor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2022
Do you see any universe in which there is a regulatory framework that has the caveat emptor stuff labeled out there the way you guys want it to be?
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2022
It is necessary to attend particularly to the character of the person called familiæ emptor.
From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Sir Henry Sumner Maine
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