Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

let the buyer beware

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: let the buy-er be-ware
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Informal

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

Calque of Latin caveat ēmptor.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

lets the buyer beware (present, singular) letting the buyer beware (participle, present)

Questions

What does let the buyer beware mean?: It is the buyer’s responsibility to ensure the soundness of goods or services prior to their purchase.
Where does let the buyer beware come from?: Calque of Latin caveat ēmptor.

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