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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Appraiser

Appraiser \Ap*prais"er\, n. [See Appraise, Apprizer.] One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
appraiser

early 15c., agent noun from appraise (v.).

Wiktionary
appraiser

n. One who performs appraisals.

WordNet
appraiser
  1. n. one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things [syn: valuator]

  2. one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity [syn: authenticator]

Wikipedia
Appraiser

An appraiser (from Latin appretiare, "to value"), is one who sets a value upon property, real or personal. In England the business of an appraiser is usually combined with that of an auctioneer, while the word itself has a similar meaning to that of "valuer." (See Auction, Valuation (finance).)

Usage examples of "appraiser".

In the agreement the lawyer and the investor meet at the bank along with an appraiser certified by the APS, and the investment account is appraised, and if the current estimated resale value is higher than the breaking point in the agreement, the account is then accepted by the investor, and the agreement is surrendered.

In fact, of course, he was simply an appraiser and could have worn an Armani suit for all the heavy lifting he was going to perform.

Swilley like he expected the appraiser to grab a handful of chops and bolt.

And suppose it to be true that the Soul is the appraiser, using Magnitude as the measuring standard, how does this help us to the conception of Time?

Swilley like he expected the appraiser to grab a handful of chops and bolt.

Savannah show, a lot of appraisers are too young to recognize natural Burmese rubies on sight, or even after a bunch of tests.

She was learning many things that she did not really want to know, and if appraisers were a secret reserved to higher ranks than hers, then she would prefer that they remain so.

Unfortunately, GIA-certifled appraisers took weeks to get the job done.

Customs didn’t have many inspectors who were GIA-certified appraisers.

That puts him right up there with the world’s top appraisers of illuminated manuscripts in general, and fifteenth-century French manuscripts in par­ticular.

If so, sending out copies to two appraisers who happened to be men was rather like putting raw meat in front of hungry wolves.

Feg said there were a number of small birdlike animals laughing in his bathroom, Aslylgof had been showered with drops of something like honey, the Wadi art appraisers were calling to say that a small panel of the bulkhead wall on C had turned into a mouth and was chanting.

On Tuesday, Joshua called art galleries and prestige auction houses in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and all of them were eager to send their appraisers, for there were many fat commissions to be earned from the disposition of the Frye collections.

Tomorrow, or Friday at the latest, Joshua would have to take the cable car to the top of the cliff and open the house, every door and window, so that it could air out before the art appraisers arrived from Los Angeles and San Francisco on Saturday morning.

He decided to stall the occultist until the other appraisers had seen the books.