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adjuster

or ad·jus·tor

[ uh-juhs-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that adjusts.
an insurance company representative who investigates claims and makes settlement recommendations based on the estimate of the damages and the company's liability.

First recorded in 1665–75; adjust + -er ¹

Esposito plays Major Tom Neville, a former insurance adjuster-cum-militia member.

“At the end of the day, my client will give his claim to the same BP claim adjuster who is not going to approve it,” he says.

At the end of the day, my client will give his claim to the same BP claim adjuster who is not going to approve it.

The adjustment took various forms according to the temperament of the adjuster.

Eventually we adopted the scheme of making some officer claim adjuster.

In modern business the letter has become the advertiser, the salesman, the collector, and the adjuster of claims.

The impersonation of "fine life" in the abstract, the nice adjuster of hearts and necklaces.

No, I'm not diggin' these days; but I've got a pull wid the insurance adjuster, and might git an extra allowance for yer.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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