emptor

[ emp-ter, -tawr ]
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noun
  1. (especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.

Origin of emptor

1
1870–75; <Latin: buyer, equivalent to em(ere) to buy + -tor-tor, with intrusive -p-

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How to use emptor in a sentence

  • Caveat emptor becomes discredited as an unmodified basis of human action.

    Creating Capital | Frederick L. Lipman