assessor
pronunciation
How to pronounce assessor in British English:
UK [əˈsesə(r)]
How to pronounce assessor in American English:
US [əˈsɛsɚ]
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- Noun:
- an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it
Word Origin
- assessor (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French assessor "assistant judge, assessor (in court)" (12c., Modern French assesseur) and directly from Latin assessor "an assistant, aid; an assistant judge," in Late Latin "one who assesses taxes," literally "a sitter-by," agent noun from past participle stem of assidere "to sit beside" (see assess).
Example
- 1. How to provide the development feedback for assessor .
- 2. The dollar value of an asset assigned by a public tax assessor for the purposes of taxation .
- 3. County tax assessor is a misnomer .
- 4. What kind of business does he have with the assessor ?
- 5. French assessor system is the result coming from the reform of the transplanted july system of great britain .