"caveat emptor" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

IPA: /ˈkeɪ.viˌæt ˈɛmp.tɔ(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæv.iˌɑt ˈɛmp.tɔɹ/ [US] Audio: en-us-caveat emptor.ogg [US]
Etymology: Latin for “buyer beware”; from Latin caveat (“may he / she / subject-noun beware”), the third-person subjunctive of caveō (“I beware”) + ēmptor (“buyer”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{uder|en|la|caveat||may he / she / subject-noun beware}} Latin caveat (“may he / she / subject-noun beware”), {{m|la|caveō||I beware}} caveō (“I beware”), {{m|la|ēmptor||buyer}} ēmptor (“buyer”) Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=caveat emptor}} caveat emptor
  1. Used as a warning to anyone buying something that there might be unforeseen problems or faults with what is bought.
    Sense id: en-caveat_emptor-en-phrase-Kiir44qv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
  2. (historical, commercial law) A provision of Roman law which gave the seller of a house the legal right to keep quiet about any defects of the house. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-caveat_emptor-en-phrase-ISoOyBgF Categories (other): Commercial law, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 37 63 Topics: business, commerce, commercial, law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: caveat, caveat lector

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