loss adjuster

loss adjuster
loss adjuster noun
An assessor employed by an insurance company, usu in fire damage claims
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Main Entry:loss

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loss adjuster UK US noun [countable] [singular loss adjuster plural loss adjusters] business british
someone whose job is to calculate how much an insurance company must pay to customers when they have made a claim on their insurance policy
Thesaurus: insuring and insurancehyponym types of tax and taxationhyponym

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noun, pl ⋯ -ers [count]

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ˈloss adjuster f44 [loss adjuster loss adjusters] (BrE) (NAmE inˈsurance adjuster) noun
a person who works for an insurance company and whose job is to calculate how much money sb should receive after they have lost sth or had sth damaged
See also:insurance adjuster

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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