emptor

[emp-ter, -tawr]

noun

1. (especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of emptor¹

1870–75; < Latin: buyer, equivalent to em ( ere ) to buy + -tor -tor, with intrusive -p-

Example Sentences

“It comes back to caveat emptor,” Kipling said.

From Salon

Caveat emptor: Some films our panelists pick to get in the race haven’t yet been released to the public.

From Los Angeles Times

As the phrase goes in Latin — caveat emptor, or “let the buyer beware.”

From Seattle Times

Thank the Supreme Court when “caveat emptor,” buyer beware, will apply to everything in the name of protecting us from those pesky regulations.

From Seattle Times

"This is one of the caveat emptor things that all foreign would-be acquirers should keep in mind."

From Reuters

Related Words

• client 
• consumer 
• customer 
• patron 
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• shopper 
• user