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
Caveat emptor, though: Little can be accurately foreseen in the highly unpredictable market for non-fungible tokens, it would appear.
From Reuters • Mar. 14, 2023
But any deal for Bauer will come with a Caveat emptor — buy at your own risk.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2023
She cautioned the public to weigh “both potential benefits and risks,” to which I would add caveat emptor — buyer beware.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2021
Caveat emptor has become a phrase thrust out of good merchandising.
From The Romance of a Great Store by Hungerford, Edward
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