Definition of "caveat" []

• A warning or caution: "A final caveat: Most experts feel that clients get unsatisfactory results when they don't specify clearly what they want” ( Savvy). (noun)
• A qualification or explanation. (noun)
• Law A formal notice filed by an interested party with a court or officer, requesting the postponement of a proceeding until the filer is heard. (noun)
• Law To enter a caveat. (verb-intransitive)
• Informal To qualify with a warning or clarification: The spokesperson caveated the statement with a reminder that certain facts were still unknown. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The main caveat is making sure you have enough money to return to the states and set up house again as part of a fallback plan."
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• "Researching this, I learned that the Latin word '' caveat '' is a form of a verb and that it translated as"