emptor
[
emp
-ter, -tawr]
/ˈɛmp tər, -tɔr/
noun
1.
(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer.
Origin
1870-75;
<
Latin:
buyer, equivalent to
em
(
ere
) to buy +
-tor
-tor
, with intrusive
-p-
Examples from the web for
emptor
Yes, the single form pills are ubiquitous but that should be the caveat-
emptor
of these studies.
Caveat
emptor
: it is the physics departments that teach the engineering majors.
It's been caveat
emptor
, and catch me if you can on towing.
Regarding name brands, caveat
emptor
: let the buyer be aware.
But there doesn't seem to have been much caveat
emptor
-ing going on at all.
Yes, caveat
emptor
applies, ie there is an onus on the buyer to understand what they are doing with their data.
Caveat
emptor
may be a reasonable approach for many consumer products, but not for prescription drugs.
For those of us lucky enough to eavesdrop, it's instructive as well-part caveat
emptor
, part intellectual high bar.
It creates moral hazard, shifts the attention from caveat
emptor
, empowers incapable supervisors.
Of course, caveat
emptor
applies as much online as its does offline.