emptor : Idioms & Phrases


Caveat emptor

  • noun a commercial principle that without a warranty the buyer takes upon himself the risk of quality
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  • L. (Law), let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.
Webster 1913

pre-emptor

  • noun someone who acquires land by preemption
    preemptor.
  • noun a bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid
    preemptor.
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