单词 | valuer |
释义 | valuern. 1. A person who estimates or assesses monetary or material value, esp. professionally; a valuator. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > [noun] > one who appraises peisera1382 praiser1424 judge1485 sessor1496 esteemer1551 count-maker1556 rater1611 estimatora1665 appraiser1688 assessor1722 appreciator1728 prizer1749 valuer1799 a1555 H. Latimer 27 Serm. (1562) i. f. 88 It is allowed..that the king shall haue i. shilling of euery pound, & there be certaine men appointed in euery shire which be valuers. 1640 Act anent Inbringing of Money (single sheet) Poynding, and caption be execute against Collectours, valuers, and others who doeth not their duetie or make payment of their tenth part. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Appraiser A Valuer of Goods. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 40 Sworn appraisers or valuers (called Byrelawmen)..are called mutually by each party, to settle disputes between landlord and tenants. 1854 Act 17 & 18 Victoria c. 229 §29 To appoint a valuer to value the same. 1893 Voice (N.Y.) 31 Aug. A chairmaker..might bring a chair, and receive from the valuer..notes for as many hours' value [etc.]. 1940 Amer. Econ. Rev. 30 346 Since it is the war which will obviate these valuers, we can hardly omit these values on the ground that the obviation of the valuers will make them nonexistent. 1975 M. Cox Hist. Sir John Deane's Gram. School xii. 262 A firm of Chester valuers put the price at not less than £16,500. 2009 Times (Nexis) 20 Jan. (Business section) 44 Pieces valued between £1,000 and £5,000 were hit hardest, with 58 per cent more valuers reporting a drop in prices. 2. A person who assigns value or importance to something; an appreciator. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [noun] > one who esteems esteemer1551 valuer1574 appreciator1728 1574 B. Rich Right Exelent Dialogue Mercury & Eng. Souldier sig. Gviii b This abstinence proceedeth onely of the valewer of the mynde, and is not to be founde in the husband man, or labouring man. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Pretiatore, a prizer, a valuer, an esteemer, a sessor, a syzer. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 66 To say nothing more hardly of you, you are too unjust a valuer of your selfe. 1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. ii. viii. 266 What miserable valuers were they of its dignity. 1696 B. Coole Quakers cleared from being Apostates 88 All the Quakers in the World..are sincere Valuers of Scripture Light and Rule. 1727 E. Calamy Contin. Acct. Ministers 111 He was all his Days a close Student, a great Valuer of Bible-Knowledge, an exact Preacher, and one that lived as he spoke. 1836 G. P. R. James One in Thousand I. v. 52 Were I a great valuer of that strange thing, life, I should look for poison in my cup. 1929 G. A. Coe What is Christian Educ.? 296 The hypothesis of the existence of God, the Great Valuer of Persons. 2008 R. Nargundkar Marketing Res. xiv. 353 They are..not great valuers of TV. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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