Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In law, a buyer.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who buys

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Examples

  • Caveat emptor is Latin for "Let the buyer beware."

    Toronto Sun 2009

  • Jennifer at Green Options (yeah, that’s my other site) takes a look at natural and organic beauty products, and finds that caveat emptor is the rule rather than the exception.

    Carnival of the Green #79 2007

  • Jennifer at Green Options (yeah, that’s my other site) takes a look at natural and organic beauty products, and finds that caveat emptor is the rule rather than the exception.

    Archive for » 2007 » May : Sustainablog 2007

  • They believe in caveat emptor, which is fine, because as I wrote last week, they have the big information advantage, so they always win.

    Pearlstein: What Goldman tells us about the 2010

  • They believe in caveat emptor, which is fine, because as I wrote last week, they have the big information advantage, so they always win.

    Pearlstein: What Goldman tells us about the 2010

  • Never before, for those who wish a healthful, light diet, has the phrase caveat emptor Let the buyer beware! been more appropriate.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

  • Never before, for those who wish a healthful, light diet, has the phrase caveat emptor Let the buyer beware! been more appropriate.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

  • Never before, for those who wish a healthful, light diet, has the phrase caveat emptor Let the buyer beware! been more appropriate.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

  • Never before, for those who wish a healthful, light diet, has the phrase caveat emptor Let the buyer beware! been more appropriate.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

  • Never before, for those who wish a healthful, light diet, has the phrase caveat emptor Let the buyer beware! been more appropriate.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

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