Appriser

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A professional who evaluates the value of goods and properties
2. An individual who determines the monetary worth of items, assets, or property
3. Someone who estimates and judges the financial value of belongings or real estate

Etymology: Appriser is a plain formation: it is the agent noun made from "apprise," with the suffix "-er" added to it. Its interest lies mostly in the verb it comes from. "Apprise" entered English from French "appris," the past participle of "apprendre," meaning "to teach" or "to learn," so at root it carries the sense of informing someone of something. That sense of conveying knowledge is what the verb keeps today, while the noun narrows it to a person who ascertains the worth of property. Because of this, the noun reads as "one who makes known" a value, in the way a "teacher" makes known a lesson. The ending is the same one found in words like "baker" or "lender," which name the person who performs an action.

Synonyms: evaluator, assessor, appraiser, valuer, judge

Antonyms: ignorant, unaware, incompetent, unqualified, detractor