Definitions

caveat emptor

[kav-ee-aht emp-tawr, -at, kah-vee-, key-, kah-we-aht emp-tohr] / ˈkæv iˌɑt ˈɛmp tɔr, -ˌæt, ˈkɑ vi-, keɪ-, ˈkɑ wɛˌɑt ˈɛmp toʊr /

NOUN

let the buyer beware

Synonyms

WEAK

buy at your own risk buyer beware

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

Do you see any universe in which there is a regulatory framework that has the caveat emptor stuff labeled out there the way you guys want it to be?

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2022

For anyone relying on access to public charging stations, at least in my part of town, I’d issue an electric caveat emptor.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2018

The caveat emptor side of the law, like the caveat emptor side of business, seemed to me repellent; it did not make for social fair dealing.

From Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography by Roosevelt, Theodore