assessor
noun
Simple meaning
A civil servant entrusted with checking the veracity of data and criteria used by a taxpayer to complete a tax return.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
uhsehserSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
əˈsɛsɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation.
A civil servant entrusted with checking the veracity of data and criteria used by a taxpayer to complete a tax return.
One who assesses a project for cost evaluation.
law
A specialist who assists the court in determining a matter.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation.
Used this way, assessor is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in finance or economics contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Finance/economics
Nearby words
- tax assessor , rarer, so it draws attention
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use assessor
- “An assessor came to our house to determine the value of the property for taxes.”noun
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