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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The axiom or principle in commerce that the buyer alone is responsible for assessing the quality of a purchase before buying.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Law) let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a commercial principle that without a warranty the buyer takes upon himself the risk of quality

Etymologies

  1. From Latin caveat ēmptor, let the buyer beware : caveat, third person sing. present subjunctive of cavēre, to beware + ēmptor, buyer. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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