adjuster

or ad·jus·tor

[ uh-juhs-ter ]

/ əˈdʒʌs tər /

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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.

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Origin of adjuster

First recorded in 1665–75; adjust + -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM adjuster

non·ad·just·er, noun

Words nearby adjuster

adjustable, adjustable-pitch, adjustable-rate mortgage, adjusted, adjusted gross income, adjuster, adjustive, adjustment, adjustment disorder, adjustor, adjutancy

How to use adjuster in a sentence

The executive director, paid $176,900 a year, is a former insurance claims adjuster and is not a doctor.
When Births Go Horribly Wrong, Florida Protects Doctors and Forces Families to Pay the Price|by Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang, Miami Herald|April 8, 2021|ProPublica
If it has adjusters for compression and rebound, ensure they’re working properly.
Maintenance That Will Prep Your Bike for Spring|Joe Lindsey|March 29, 2021|Outside Online
It has been delivering bottled water to many Clinton Hill residents, and has hired a local claims adjuster to negotiate how to pay for damages.
The island where it rained oil|Juliet Eilperin, Darryl Fears, Salwan Georges|March 25, 2021|Washington Post
Some masks have built-in adjusters that you can slide toward and away from your ears to find the perfect fit.
How to wear a face mask for maximum protection|Erin Fennessy|February 2, 2021|Popular-Science

The elastic ear loops have a plastic length adjuster so you can fiddle with them independently to find the proper fit.
Eight masks that make great stocking stuffers|John Kennedy|December 10, 2020|Popular-Science
Esposito plays Major Tom Neville, a former insurance adjuster-cum-militia member.
What’s Next For The ‘Breaking Bad' Cast: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, and More|Marlow Stern|September 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“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.
How It Played in the Gulf|Rick Outzen|June 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST
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.
How It Played in the Gulf|Rick Outzen|June 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The adjustment took various forms according to the temperament of the adjuster.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik
Eventually we adopted the scheme of making some officer claim adjuster.
Average Americans|Theodore Roosevelt
In modern business the letter has become the advertiser, the salesman, the collector, and the adjuster of claims.
Business English|Rose Buhlig
The impersonation of "fine life" in the abstract, the nice adjuster of hearts and necklaces.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
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.
Tom Grogan|F. Hopkinson Smith