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valuator

American  
[val-yoo-ayter] / ˈvæl juˌeɪtər /

noun

valuators plural
  1. a person who makes valuations or appraisals.


valuator British  
/ ˈvæljʊˌeɪtə /

noun

  1. a person who estimates the value of objects, paintings, etc; appraiser

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 1919 between guerilla skirmishes with the British, he varied his military career with the prosaic duties of an auctioneer and valuator.

From Time Magazine Archive

When a landlord appoints a valuator, the latter understands what he is to do and why he was appointed.

From The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland by McDougall, Margaret Moran Dixon

The things which cannot be bought cannot be sold, and the keenest valuator would be puzzled to put a price on some of these unmarketable wares.

From Friendship by Black, Hugh

Mr. J. M. Green, contractor, was valuator on behalf of the County.

From The Court Houses of a Century A Brief Historical Sketch of the Court Houses of London Distict, the County of Middlesex, and County of Elgin by McKay, Kenneth W.

The first point that a valuator should inquire into, is the age of the forest land on which a plantation has been formed.

From Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore by Elliot, Robert H. (Robert Henry)

I am, therefore, at a loss what kind of valuators the bishops will make use of, and whether the starving vicar, shall be forced to build his house with the money he never received.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 by Swift, Jonathan

‘He talked of the Danai, whilst they were vastly more interested in the land valuators.’

From Australian Writers by Byrne, Desmond

He appointed two classes of valuators—Ordinary Valuators to make the first valuation all over each county, and Check Valuators to re-value patches in every district, to test the accuracy of the ordinary valuators.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

As the valuators were old settlers and neighbors, the interests of their friends were not likely to suffer at their hands.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)

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