(n.) A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of the Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official.
Example Sentences:
(1) What did surprise pundits was Hollywood's recognition of this unflinching Austrian film about ageing as a candidate for best picture, among such expected contenders as Steven Spielberg's Lincoln , Ben Affleck's Argo and Tom Hooper's Les Misérables .
(2) Those with no idea of what he looks like might struggle to identify this modest figure as one of the world's most exalted film-makers, or the red devil loathed by rightwing pundits from Michael Gove down.
(3) The cavernous studio will play host to a half-sized football pitch, where pundits will demonstrate what players did or didn't do correctly and there are other technological innovations planned that marry broadband interactivity with live coverage.
(4) It is the sort of malevolent onslaught that has caused many hardened media pundits to quake.
(5) But that’s just false , no matter how many uninformed newly-minted rape pundits claim otherwise.
(6) If Jones does not recover in time, the pundit Gary Lineker has backed Everton's 19-year-old defender John Stones as a potential replacement for England.
(7) Nobody is sure what dangerous chemical imbalance this would create but the Fiver is convinced we'd all be dust come October or November, the earth scorched, with only three survivors roaming o'er the barren landscape: Govan's answer to King Lear, ranting into a hole in the ground; a mute, wild-eyed pundit, staring without blinking into a hole in the ground; and a tall, irritable figure standing in front of the pair of them, screaming in the style popularised by Klaus Kinski, demanding they take a look at his goddamn trouser arrangement, which he has balanced here on the platform of his hand for easy perusal, or to hell with them, for they are no better than pigs, worthless, spineless pigs.
(8) The England coach and Sky Sports pundit Neville believes the £42m summer signing should have been given a rest over Christmas, just as Cristiano Ronaldo was at Manchester United.
(9) Pundits now talk of " the subprime student loan " because often what is being bought through borrowing is not worth the initial fee, let alone the interest on that fee.
(10) Before kick off, incidentally, Independent Television Service pundit Roy Keane was asked whether this might be his kind of match.
(11) Their Portuguese manager, Carlos Quiroz spoke of the team’s readiness to do business – despite pundits writing the team off as the competition’s underdogs.
(12) Bigotry against us is acceptable (and sometimes even politically necessary) for elected officials , candidates for public office , pundits and others to advance their careers – or their television ratings .
(13) Despite buying the company just before the crash, Neil (and many pundits) believes he got a good deal, arguing that economic downturns can be good for entertainment-based businesses.
(14) She booked a well-paying gig as a Fox News pundit, wrote two bestselling books and starred in her own reality show, Sarah Palin’s Alaska, on TLC.
(15) The dour Zenawi could not resist a swipe at western pundits who had once written off Africa.
(16) The other caste – CEOs, industrialists, wealthy professionals, and pundits who abhorred Grillo until the end of last week, are now praising him.
(17) For three decades politicians and pundits have decreed that electoral success can only be achieved on the basis of an establishment corporate orthodoxy they decreed to be "the centre".
(18) Don’t run a project fear campaign, pundits warn, but why not when there is so much to fear in what Brexit Britain would become?
(19) The attack in Peshawar is yet another nail in Pakistan’s coffin, cynical residents and pundits alike will tell you today.
(20) Wise pundits still predict that Trump will drop away as the vote approaches.
Surveyor
Definition:
(n.) One placed to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector.
(n.) One who views and examines for the purpose of ascertaining the condition, quantity, or quality of anything; as, a surveyor of highways, ordnance, etc.
(n.) One who surveys or measures land; one who practices the art of surveying.
(n.) An officer who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to duty; a gauger.
(n.) In the United States, an officer whose duties include the various measures to be taken for ascertaining the quantity, condition, and value of merchandise brought into a port.
Example Sentences:
(1) Responses to a monthly survey of 450-500 surveyors (usually 250-300 reply).
(2) Roger Madelin, the chief executive of the developers Argent, which consulted the prince's aides on the £2bn plan to regenerate 27 hectares (67 acres) of disused rail land at Kings Cross in London, said the prince now has a similar stature as a consultee as statutory bodies including English Heritage, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and professional bodies including Riba and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
(3) The affordability and availability of homes in the UK “is now a national emergency” the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said, as it warned that measures such as extending right-to-buy would prevent the new government reaching its target of 1m more homes by 2020.
(4) Surveyors who had been predicting that London would see price increases of 9% a year over the next five years had revised that down to just under 5%, while on a national level the forecast has edged down to 5%.
(5) Even six months ago few people outside Westminster’s building surveyors could have imagined removal as a serious possibility.
(6) The company has created an apprenticeship programme for surveyors as an alternative to university, although it also increased graduate recruits last year.
(7) Richard Sexton, director of business development at surveyor e.surv , said the CML figures masked the true picture of what was happening to the housing market nationwide: "It is bad news that overall house purchase lending was so weak in July, but the good news is that it has not turned out to be a UK-wide phenomenon.
(8) The surveyor is proud to announce, "I can assure my readers that Walden has a reasonably tight bottom at a not unreasonable, though at an unusual, depth."
(9) Further evidence of the accelerating housing market emerged on Monday when surveyors said they were more optimistic about the prospects for increasing sales than at any point in the last 14 years.
(10) Housing is a key issue and this does not give me any confidence that the department has a grip on its own figures.” Jeremy Blackburn, head of policy at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, said: “The NAO report has shown what was suspected by many.
(11) The group says new buyer enquiries in England and Wales rose for the third month in a row in January, with 16% more chartered surveyors reporting a rise as opposed to a fall.
(12) There is an added element of uncertainty as we wait to see the impact of tax changes on the buy-to-let sector.” The figures are backed up by the latest monthly survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics), which found the market was “unusually buoyant” in December.
(13) The balance of surveyors saying prices rose compared to those recording a fall stood at +9 percentage points in March, down from +18 points in February.
(14) Meanwhile, figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) published this week suggested interest from potential buyers is increasing.
(15) Although the housing market appears to have slowed, there seems to be no let-up in rising rents, and the most recent monthly report by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors predicted that they would rise at a faster pace than house prices over the next five years.
(16) In commercial property little impact was expected from events in China, says Jeff Matsu, senior economist at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
(17) Simon Rubinsohn, economist for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics), says: “Yields have been compressed and returns aren’t as attractive as they were.
(18) The average number of completed sales slipped, the number of properties up for sale fell back, and surveyors reported fewer buyer enquiries.
(19) Among the most important landlord firms Southern Cross will have to win over to survive is London & Regional, the investment empire of former optician Ian Livingstone and his chartered surveyor brother Richard.
(20) Simon Rubinsohn, chief economist at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, said the latest figures were "more evidence that the housing market is stabilising.