assessor
noun
as·ses·sor
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Definition of assessor
1
: an official who assists a judge or magistrate
Examples of assessor in a Sentence
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But the vote, which was tallied Friday night, authorizes union leadership to call a strike, said Mullissa Willette, an employee in the county assessor’s office and first vice president of the local. — Nico Savidge, The Mercury News, "Santa Clara County workers vote to authorize strike," 24 Aug. 2019 The sheriff, county treasurer, county clerk, district clerk, tax assessor-collector, justices of the peace and constables also would have received raises if the measure had passed. — Dallas News, "The man behind secret tape of Texas House speaker, Julian Castro makes debate, Uber lured to big D," 22 Aug. 2019 The assessor’s tally does not include taxable property that Stanford may own in names other than its own. — Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, "Some of the Bay Area’s biggest property owners don’t pay property tax. Here’s why," 3 Aug. 2019 Community members who would like to give comments by phone can reach an assessor at 281-930-2161 between 1-3 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 13. — Jennifer Bolton, Houston Chronicle, "Deer Park police reaccreditation review seeks community feedback," 2 Aug. 2019 No assessor can remedy the inherent unfairness of that imbalance. — Bhaskar Chakravorti, The Conversation, "Why Facebook’s new ‘privacy cop’ is doomed to fail," 29 July 2019 An independent assessor will also submit quarterly privacy reports. — David Ingram, NBC News, "Facebook hit with $5 billion fine, forced to create privacy oversight board," 24 July 2019 The agency also ordered the company to designate compliance officers to oversee a privacy program, undergo regular privacy audits that Zuckerberg and others must submit to, and appoint an outside assessor to monitor the handling of data. — Mike Isaac, BostonGlobe.com, "Facebook agrees to extensive new oversight as part of $5b settlement," 24 July 2019 Providence officials are planning to announce Elyse M. Paré as the city’s new tax assessor. — Dan Mcgowan, BostonGlobe.com, "Remember the Providence giving meters? They aren’t raking it in.," 12 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'assessor.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for assessor
assessor
noun
English Language Learners Definition of assessor
: a person whose job is to officially say how much something (such as a property) is worth especially so that it can be taxed according to that value
law
: a person who knows a lot about a particular subject and whose job is to give advice about that subject to a judge or other court official
: a person whose job is to officially say how well someone has done on a test, in a competition, etc.
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assessor
noun
as·ses·sor
| \ ə-ˈse-sər
\
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Legal Definition of assessor
1
: one appointed or elected to assist a judge or magistrate
especially
: one with special knowledge of the subject to be decided — see also master
2
: one that assesses
specifically
: one that is authorized to assess property for taxation
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