Adjuster

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A person who adjusts; that which regulates.
  • noun. In hardware, any appliance used to regulate the movement of a blind, sash, hitching-strap, shaft, or other moving object in a wagon, house, etc.: as, a casement-adjuster, a pole-adjuster, a window-stop adjuster.
  • noun. In insurance, an officer of an insurance company whose duty is to determine the amount to be paid under a policy of insurance when a partial loss has been sustained.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who, or that which, adjusts.
  • noun. an insurance agent who examines claims against personal or property damage insurance policies and makes estimates and recommendations regarding the amount which should be paid to the policyholder.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who adjusts, especially for the insurance industry's employment title "claims adjuster."
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement
    • Word Usage
    "I'm not too excited over the new chain adjuster on this saw, ok with the old standard system, but that's just me."
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