abstracter
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
Noun
abstracter (plural abstracters)
- One who abstracts, or makes an abstract, as in records or documents. [First attested in the late 17th century.][1]
- Someone that finds and summarizes information for legal or insurance work.
- An accounting clerk who records payroll deductions.
References
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstracter”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.