expertisen.

1868 C. Reade & D. Boucicault Foul Play III. x. 120 I have distanced my competitors in expertise.

1897 Daily News 19 Nov. 5/1 This looks as though Mr. Sellar has been uniformly unfortunate in his expertise.

1898 Daily News 10 Feb. 5/4 He was suffered to attack the ‘expertise’, which the first court-martial accepted.

1898 2nd Rep. Sci. & Art Mus. 28 in Parl. Papers XI. 9 Sir Edward Maunde Thompson..pointed out that expertise is not necessarily gained by having a large staff.

1907 A. Bennett Grim Smile of Five Towns 283 How could I be expected..to judge delicate points of expertise in earthenware?

1922 J. D. Beresford Prisoners of Hartling ii. 17 Arthur [a doctor] would have liked to give a ready diagnosis of this abnormal condition, but his expertise was not equal to the task.

1924 R. H. Mottram Spanish Farm 50 He was measuring fields for an ‘expertise’, a professional assessment.

1934 Discovery June 175/2 The expert is only capable of giving opinions within the special field of his own expertise.

1950 B. Wootton Test. Social Sci. p. v Unfortunately, those who have sufficient expertise are few, and greatly occupied with their own specialisms.

1953 ‘M. Innes’ Christmas at Candleshoe ix. 104 ‘Why does he get a fee?’ ‘For making an expertise... That, it seems, is the technical term.’

1955 W. Girvan Flying Saucers v. 63 One might just as reasonably deny the existence of the stars in which he claims such expertise.

1970 Insight Nov. 1/2 A team of people with highly specialised expertise: buyers, economists, journalists, researchers with the knowledge and training to deal with consumer problems.