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emptor

American  
[emp-ter, -tawr] / ˈɛmp tər, -tɔr /

noun

  1. (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-

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

The future as he saw it would be a range of options for information, caveat emptor, including everything from ChatGPT to Wikipedia to Reddit to TikTok.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Caveat emptor: California has a long history of being a sunny haven for health and wellness fads.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2019

Caveat vendor will be a sound qualification of Caveat emptor in the beautifully codified Utopian law.

From A Modern Utopia by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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