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appraiser

/əˈpɹeɪzə/uh-PRAY-zur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/əˈpɹeɪzɚ/uh-PRAY-zur

Meaningone who appraises

Common meaning: a person who assesses value

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‘to, towards’ + ‘price, value’ → appraiser

Journey through time

  1. Latinad- + pretium‘to, towards + price, value’source
  2. Latinpretium‘price’source
  3. Old Frenchpreisier‘to value’source
  4. Middle Englishapreisen‘value’source
  5. Englishappraise‘assess the value of something’
  6. Englishformed in English from appraiseappraiser‘a person who assesses value’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from appraise + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), APPRAISE, p.30 · scan

Roots

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