let the buyer beware

verb

Etymology

Calque of Latin caveat ēmptor.

  1. calqued from caveat ēmptor

Definitions

  1. It is the buyer’s responsibility to ensure the soundness of goods or services prior to…

    It is the buyer’s responsibility to ensure the soundness of goods or services prior to their purchase.

    • Why ſhould his own error bind him, rather then the others fraud acquit him? Let the buyer beware, ſaith the old Law-beaten termer.

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