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is pronounced kav-i-at, and means 'a warning or reservation':

Any discussion of legal action must be preceded by a caveat on costs—M. Binney et al., 1991

Bearing in mind some caveats below, it is possible to predict the relative difficulty of a writing task—National Curriculum, 1989.

In more formal and technical writing, caveats are added, entered, issued, offered, placed, put in, etc.:

Catherine Destivelle issued a similar caveat from the floor about the situation in the Alps—Climber and Hill Walker, 1991

The doctor was invited...to place a caveat in his report stating that it was based on very limited information—Manchester Evening News, 2004.

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Warning, often written to a potential buyer, to be careful; often offered as a way for the seller or broker to minimize liability for what might otherwise be a deceptive trade practice.

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Warnings, often written to a potential buyer, to be careful; often offered as a way for the seller or broker to minimize liability for what otherwise might be a deceptive trade practice.


Example: The property condition addendum contained many caveats concerning the physical condition of the building; a knowledgeable prospective buyer hired a structural engineer to perform a complete inspection.

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noun

Advice to beware, as of a person or thing: admonishment, admonition, caution, monition, warning. See warn/invite.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

[Latin, Let him beware.] A warning; admonition. A formal notice or warning given by an interested party to a court, judge, or ministerial officer in opposition to certain acts within his or her power and jurisdiction.

Originally, a caveat was a document that could be served on either a judge or a public official to give him or her notice that he or she should discontinue a certain proceeding until an opposing party was given an opportunity to be heard.

Used in the past by someone objecting to the appointment of an executor or administrator of an estate or to the granting of a patent for an invention, the term caveat is rarely used by modern attorneys.

A Latin term that means "let him beware." Caveats have many applications in law and finance, pertaining to all parties involved being aware of all of the facts of a legal proceeding or transaction. Caveat is usually interpreted as a sort of warning or cautionary expression.

Investopedia Says:

Caveats are frequently applied in expressions such as "caveat emptor," which means "let the buyer beware." Another phrase is "caveat subscriptor," which means "let the seller beware." Caveats can also refer to formal notices that are submitted during legal proceedings that stop or postpone the proceedings until the filer of the notice addressses the court or judge.

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(DOD) A designator used with a classification to further limit the dissemination of restricted information.

For a list of words related to caveat, see:

• Customs, Formalities, and Practices - caveat: Latin. lit. let him beware; warning

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See words rhyming with "caveat."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - protest, caveat emptor, advarsel, foreløbig patentanmeldelse

idioms:

• caveat emptor    undersøgelsespligt for køber

Nederlands (Dutch)
waarschuwing

Français (French)
n. - mise en garde, (Jur) notification d'opposition

idioms:

• caveat emptor    sans garantie du fournisseur, aux risques de l'acheteur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Warnung, Mahnung

idioms:

• caveat emptor    ohne Gewähr

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προειδοποίηση, (νομ.) ανακοπή

idioms:

• caveat emptor    (νομ.) (σε περίπτωση απουσίας εγγύησης) με ευθύνη του αγοραστή

Italiano (Italian)
diffida

idioms:

• caveat emptor    caveat emptor

Português (Portuguese)
n. - embargo (m) de terceiros (Jur.), aviso (m)

idioms:

• caveat emptor    que o comprador se acautele

Русский (Russian)
предостережение

idioms:

• caveat emptor    на страх и риск покупателя

Español (Spanish)
n. - advertencia, aviso

idioms:

• caveat emptor    advertencia al comprador

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - protest (jur.), varning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
预告, 中止申请, 申请书

idioms:

• caveat emptor    货物既出概不退换

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 預告, 中止申請, 申請書

idioms:

• caveat emptor    貨物既出概不退換

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 소송 절차 정지 통고, 발명 특허권 보호 신청

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 予告記載, 警告

idioms:

• caveat emptor    買い主の危険負担, 買い手注意

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) انذار, طلب وقف اجراء قانوني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הפסקת הליכים‬

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