emptor
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tər, -tɔr noun
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
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| emptor | |
noun | |
| a person who buys [syn: buyer] |
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Emptor
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example sentences
For those of us lucky enough to eavesdrop, it's instructive as well-part caveat emptor, part intellectual high bar.
Caveat emptor: the company building the pipeline is obviously going to offer the rosiest scenario possible.
Of course, caveat emptor applies as much online as its does offline.
Caveat emptor: it is the physics departments that teach the engineering majors.
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