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assessor

/əˈsɛsə/US/əˈsɛsɚ/

assessor noun: one who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation.

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Noun

assessor (plural assessors)

  1. One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation.
    • On that day Karsfeld, the Princess Street jeweller, y'know, who acted as our jewellery assessor, forwards a proposal of the Hon. Mrs Straithwaite to insure a pearl necklace against theft.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
  2. A specialist who assists the court in determining a matter.
  3. A civil servant entrusted with checking the veracity of data and criteria used by a taxpayer to complete a tax return.
    Synonyms:
    tax assessor
  4. One who assesses a project for cost evaluation.
  5. (UK, Oxford University) An official responsible for student welfare.
  6. A member of an executive body in Italian local government.

assessor meaning in Tamil and Urdu

assessor in Tamil

கணக்கீட்டாளர், தீர்வையாளர், மதிப்பிடுபவர், மதிப்பீட்டாளர், வரி விதிப்பவர், வரிவிதிப்பவர்

assessor in Urdu

تَشخیص کُنِندَہ

Synonyms of assessor

Forms of assessor

pluralassessors
alternative form (obsolete)assessour

Plural of assessor: assessors

Origin of assessor

From Middle English assessour, from Old French assessour, from Latin assessor (“assistant judge; assessor of taxes”). Cognate with French assesseur.

Words formed from assessor

Phrases with assessor

Questions about assessor

What does assessor mean?
Assessor means one who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation.
What is assessor in Tamil?
Assessor in Tamil is கணக்கீட்டாளர், தீர்வையாளர், மதிப்பிடுபவர். See Assessor meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is assessor?
Assessor is a noun.
How do you pronounce assessor?
Assessor is pronounced /əˈsɛsə/ (UK).
What is the plural of assessor?
The plural of assessor is assessors.

Words near assessor in the dictionary

  1. assessingly
  2. assession
  3. assessions
  4. assessment
  5. assessments
  6. assessor
  7. assessorial
  8. assessorials
  9. assessors
  10. assessorship
  11. assessorships

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: assessor (page history and authors); assessor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); assessor (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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