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CAVEAT EMPTOR

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Dictionary entry overview: What does caveat emptor mean?

• CAVEAT EMPTOR (noun)
The noun CAVEAT EMPTOR has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: CAVEAT EMPTOR used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CAVEAT EMPTOR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A commercial principle that without a warranty the buyer takes upon himself the risk of quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("caveat emptor" is a kind of...):

precept; principle (rule of personal conduct)

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