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

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

Caveat emptor, though: Little can be accurately foreseen in the highly unpredictable market for non-fungible tokens, it would appear.

From Reuters

But any deal for Bauer will come with a Caveat emptor — buy at your own risk.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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