[The
inspector of the markets and of the weights and measures &c.] is an appellation derived from
اِحْتَسَبَ, as shown above: see this verb. (
K.) You say,
فُلَانٌ مُحْتَسِبُ البَلَدِ [
Such a one is the inspector of the markets &c. of the town]: you should not say
مُحْسِبٌ. (
S.)