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

Obviously I am biased—for most of my life, I have been deeply invested in the idea that they matter—so caveat emptor.

From Slate • Jul. 29, 2019

I don’t mind saying upfront that I generally regard professional psychics with a heavy dollop of caveat emptor.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2017

But competition quickly found that the best means—the finest battle-sword—was honest commercial practice, and so girded that sword to its belt and bade caveat emptor begone.

From The Romance of a Great Store by Hungerford, Edward