assort
verb (used with object)
to distribute, place, or arrange according to kind or class; classify; sort.
assorter
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a word derived from
assort.
Example Sentences
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Should a package be found "over," the assorter makes a memorandum, over his initials and the date, upon the strap, and returns this with the superfluous note to the teller.
From The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various
For his guidance each assorter is provided with a printed list of the banks composing his group, the number of the box assigned to each being set opposite to the title.
From The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various
No assorter is allowed to leave the room during business hours except on a pass, to be taken up by the doorkeeper.
From The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various
Thus the assorter receives the only passport on which he may leave the office for the day.
From The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various
Notes wrongly grouped are thrown together and put up in white straps, for return next day to the first assorter.
From The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various
