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caveat emptorcaveat emp‧tor /ˌkæviæt ˈemptɔː, ˌkeɪv- $ -tɔːr/ noun [uncountable] caveat emptorOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin - But caveat emptor, once you're home, you're on your own.
- It is very much a case of caveat emptor.
- My final words would be caveat emptor - let the buyer beware.
- So caveat emptor viridis: let the green buyer beware.
- Soon enough we were back to believing that caveat emptor was the motto of every good shopper.
- The caveat emptor doctrine has been mitigated by the implied terms as to quality.
- There's a legal term, caveat emptor, which means buyer beware, so when viewing it pays to be suspicious.
- When it comes to polling, surveys, and public opinion research, caveat emptor is the rule, not the exception.
law the principle that the person who buys something is responsible for checking that it is not broken, damaged etc |