recorder
- noun
- /rɪˈkɔrdər/
- The city also expects to add an administrative person to help the city recorder's office.
- act as recorder
- recorder and timekeeper
- recorders and reporters
Examples
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Check with your county recorder to learn who owns the property you're seeking to rent.
Blog text (18) -
Group work typically has one member acting as designated recorder, writing down individual responses for later discussion with the whole class.
Academic text (1997) -
Procedure: Students in groups of three serve as materials manager, recorder, or reporter.
Academic text (1999) -
I will have to go to the county recorder's office and look it up.
Blog text (33) -
Well, you check the books in the recorder's office, and you'll find I do own a fair piece of it.
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A trained facilitator and recorder were assigned to each one-hour session.
Academic text (2002) -
Debbie Werner, deputy city recorder, said it's not unusual to have this many vacancies and spots available.
Blog text (24) -
On Saturday, Dec. 8, the Recorder's Office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Blog text (10) -
"We had some problems that slowed us down," said Clerk and Recorder Rana Wichman, whose office oversees Fergus County elections.
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The county recorder is responsible for maintaining all public records in the district.
Synonyms
A person who keeps records and does office tasks
A person who writes or records information for other people
A person who records a business's money received and spent
An official who keeps records of births, deaths, and marriages
A person who organizes and keeps office papers and records
A person who organizes and keeps documents for an office
A person who writes and saves important official information in files
A person who collects, organizes and preserves important papers and files
A person who writes or organizes information for others to use
Compounds
- Specialized
A device that uses magnetic tape or disk to save sound, pictures and data
- Specialized
A device that records two or more separate sound channels at the same time
A medium-sized wind instrument like a flute that plays notes between the tenor and soprano used in groups
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Recorder for the person who keeps official records comes from Latin recordari 'remember' (from re- 'again' and cor 'heart'), so a recorder is someone who keeps the important facts and papers safe and makes sure they are not forgotten.