emptor
[ emp-ter, -tawr ]
/ ˈɛmp tər, -tɔr /
noun
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
RELATED WORDS
customer, patron, shopper, client, user, consumer, purchaser, prospect, sucker, representative, vendee
Nearby words
- empson,
- empson, william,
- empt,
- emptiness,
- emption,
- empty,
- empty calorie,
- empty calories,
- empty cow,
- empty morph
Origin of emptor
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for emptor
He is an Emptor Familiæ, and inherits the legal clothing of the person whose place he begins to fill.
Ancient Law|Sir Henry James Sumner Maine