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emptor

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 M P T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Buyer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a person who buys

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: buyer, purchaser, vendee

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: customer, client

Narrower terms: customer agent, home buyer, orderer

History

Etymology

From Latin ēmptor.