emptor
買い手
解説 Definition
買い手や購入者を指すラテン語由来の法律用語。商取引において商品を購入する当事者を示します。
Emptor means a buyer, especially in legal or formal language. It is most commonly seen in the phrase "caveat emptor," which means the buyer must be careful. The word is rare in everyday English when used by itself.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
emptor は単独で覚えるより、ほぼ決まり文句の caveat emptor で丸ごと覚えると残りやすい語です。caveat は「注意せよ」、emptor は「買う側の人」なので、「買い手が自分で注意する」という売買・契約の場面を思い浮かべると定着します。語尾の -tor は actor, creator などと同じ「〜する人」。つまり buyer の日常語に対し、emptor は法律・商取引で出る硬い表現です。consumer は消費者一般、purchaser は実務寄り、emptor は契約当事者としての買い手、という差も意識すると混同しにくくなります。
This word is easiest to remember in the fixed phrase `caveat emptor`. `-tor` means "person who does," like in `actor` or `creator`, so `emptor` is the buying person. It is much more formal than `buyer`, so connect it with law, contracts, and business.
例文
The emptor must inspect goods before purchase.
エンプターは購入前に商品を検査する必要があります。
Legal rights of the emptor are protected.
エンプターの法的権利は保護されています。
The emptor assumes the risk of purchased goods.
エンプターは購入した商品のリスクを引き受けます。
emptor の類義語・関連語
emptor の語源・成り立ち Etymology
emptorはラテン語emptor「買い手」に由来し、emere「買う」に行為者を作る接尾辞-torが付いた形です。核は「買う側の人」で、caveat emptorが「売り手でなく買い手が注意せよ」となる理由が見えます。preemptやredeemも同じemere系です。
"Emptor" comes from Latin "emptor," meaning "buyer." It is built from "emere," meaning "to buy," with the agent suffix "-tor," meaning "a person who does something." The word kept the sense of "the person who buys," which is why it appears in the legal phrase "caveat emptor." Related English words from the same Latin root include "preempt" and "redeem."
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