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actuary
[ ak-choo-er-ee ]
noun
, plural ac·tu·ar·ies.
- Insurance. a person who computes premium rates, dividends, risks, etc., according to probabilities based on statistical records.
- (formerly) a registrar or clerk.
actuary
/ ˌæktʃʊˈɛərɪəl; ˈæktʃʊərɪ /
noun
- a person qualified to calculate commercial risks and probabilities involving uncertain future events, esp in such contexts as life assurance
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Derived Forms
- actuarial, adjective
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Other Words From
- ac·tu·ar·i·al [ak-choo-, air, -ee-, uh, l], ac·tu·ar·i·an adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of actuary1
C16: (meaning: registrar): from Latin āctuārius one who keeps accounts, from actum public business, and acta documents, deeds. See act , -ary
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Example Sentences
It only reveals the anxieties of the self-appointed ethnic actuary.
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Actuary, akt′ū-ar-i, n. a registrar or clerk: one who makes the calculations connected with an insurance office.
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The assets to be handed over shall be determined by an actuary appointed by the Mixed Arbitral Tribunal.
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Or we may illustrate by the difference between the auditor and an actuary in an insurance company.
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What actuary, he asks contemptuously, can appraise the value of a man's opinions?
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Mrs. Paine complaining because she was concerned; she is the daughter of an insurance actuary.
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