caveat emptor

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

   Broaderprinciple

Questions about caveat emptor

What does caveat emptor mean?

caveat emptor means "a commercial principle that without a warranty the buyer takes upon himself the risk of quality".

Is caveat emptor a common word?

caveat emptor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.