Someone whose job is to say how much something is worth. A valuer looks at a house, a painting, a piece of land, a company or a collection of jewellery and puts a price on it, usually in a written report that a bank, an insurance company or a court will trust.

Someone某個人 whose job is to say how much something is worth工作是判斷東西值多少錢，that就是 a valuer估價師（valuer）。A valuer估價師 looks at a house, a painting, a piece of land, a company or a collection of jewellery會看一間房子、一幅畫、一塊地、一家公司或一批珠寶，and puts a price on it然後給它訂一個價格，usually in a written report通常寫成書面報告 that a bank, an insurance company or a court will trust讓銀行、保險公司或法院採信。

This is a British, Australian and New Zealand word. In American English the usual word is appraiser, and the report is an appraisal rather than a valuation.

This這 is a British, Australian and New Zealand word是英式、澳式、紐西蘭用法。In American English在美式英文裡 the usual word is appraiser通常用 appraiser 這個字，and the report is an appraisal rather than a valuation報告叫 appraisal 而不是 valuation。

Where property is concerned the job is very specific: before a bank lends you money for a house, a valuer visits and decides what the house is really worth, and that number can decide whether you get the loan. So the word carries a feeling of official judgement, not opinion.

Where property is concerned講到房地產 the job is very specific這份工作非常明確：before a bank lends you money for a house在銀行放款買房前，a valuer visits估價師會去看屋 and decides what the house is really worth判定這間房子真正值多少，and that number can decide whether you get the loan這個數字能決定你貸不貸得到款。So因此 the word carries a feeling of official judgement這個字帶著一種官方判定的感覺，not opinion而不是個人意見。

Related words you will meet together: value (the verb — to value a house), valuation (the report or the figure), and valuable (worth a lot).

Related words你會一起遇到的相關字 you will meet together：value（value，動詞）the verb——to value a house給房子估價，valuation（valuation）the report or the figure報告或數字本身，and valuable（valuable）worth a lot很值錢。