n.

1. An official who evaluates property for taxation.
2. An assistant to a judge or magistrate, usually selected for special knowledge in a particular area.

assessorial as'ses·so'ri·al (ăs'ə-sôr'ē-əl, -sōr'-) adj.

A local government official who determines the value of a property for taxation purposes.

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Assessors are trained to determine the fair market value of property. The figures that they derive will be used to calculate future property taxes.

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Official who determines property values, generally for real estate taxes.

An official who determines property tax assessments.
Example: Jones inspects Abel's property and estimates its value at $500,000 for property tax purposes. Jones is an assessor.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vurderingsmand, taksator

Nederlands (Dutch)
taxateur, technisch adviseur

Français (French)
n. - (Jur) assesseur, expert, (US) contrôleur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Finanzbeamter, Sachbearbeiter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εκτιμητής

Italiano (Italian)
assessore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - assessor (m), assistente (m) (f)

Русский (Russian)
юридический советник судьи, податной чиновник

Español (Spanish)
n. - tasador, asesor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bisittare, skadereglerare

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
辅佐人, 顾问, 估税员

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 輔佐人, 顧問, 估稅員

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 재산 평가인, 재판소 보좌인, 상담역

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 査定者, 補佐役, 損害査定人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المساعد المستشار, قاضي, مخمن الضرائب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שמאי, מעריך, יועץ‬

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