adjuster

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  1. A person who adjusts; that which regulates.
  2. 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.
  3. 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. In Great Britain they are for the most part members of the Average Adjusters' Association, a body which has done and is doing much careful work with a view to making and keeping the practice uniform and in accord with right principles. Encyc. Brit., XXVI. 32.

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  • Each time the employee is seen by the assigned physician or physical therapist a report will be sent to the Workers 'compensation adjuster, as to monitor the care. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Recall from Section III (Types of Reserves) that the case reserve amount carried on the Company's financial records for each open claim is the average reserve if it is below the threshold, or the adjuster-set reserve if it is greater than or equal to the threshold. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • The cord slider prevents cord tangling, and a handy cord adjuster is also supplied to control the length of the cable. —  MobileBurn.com
  • An insurance adjuster will be at the home today, and Vonda said she and her family will probably have to stay at her parents 'house until the damage is fixed.
  • The longer they wait to call the adjuster, the worse it will get. —  EphBlog
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