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ac·tu·al

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–adjective

1.	existing in act or fact; real: an actual case of heroism; actual expenses.

2.	existing now; present; current: The ship's actual position is 22 miles due east of Miami.

3.	Obsolete. pertaining to or involving acts or action.

[Origin: 1275–1325; < LL āctuālis, equiv. to L āctu- (s. of action n. āctus; see act) + -ālis -al¹; r. ME actuel < MF < L

]

—Related forms

ac·tu·al·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. genuine, authentic, veritable. See real¹.

—Antonyms 1. unreal, fictional.

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ac·tu·al Audio Help (āk'chōō-əl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Existing and not merely potential or possible. See Synonyms at real¹.
Being, existing, or acting at the present moment; current.
Based on fact: an actual account of the accident.

[Middle English, from Old French, active, from Late Latin āctuālis, from Latin āctus, past participle of agere, to drive, do; see ag- in Indo-European roots.]

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actual

c.1315, "pertaining to an action," from O.Fr. actuel "now existing, up to date," from L.L. actualis "active," adj. form of L. actus (see act). The broader sense of "real" (as opposed to potential, ideal, etc.) is due to infl. of Fr. actualite. Actually in the sense of "as a matter of fact, really" is attested from 1762.

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actual
adjective
1.	presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions" [ant: possible]
2.	taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating"
3.	being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"
4.	existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced"
5.	being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"

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actual [ˈӕktʃuəl] adjective

real; existing; not imaginary
Example: In actual fact he is not as stupid as you think he is.

Arabic:	فِعْلِي، حَقِيقِي، رَاهِن
Chinese (Simplified):	实际的
Chinese (Traditional):	實際的
Czech:	skutečný
Danish:	faktisk; virkelig
Dutch:	werkelijk
Estonian:	tegelik
Finnish:	todellinen
French:	réel
German:	tatsächlich
Greek:	πραγματικός
Hungarian:	tényleges
Icelandic:	raunverulegur
Indonesian:	riil, sebenarnya
Italian:	reale

Japanese:	現実の
Korean:	사실상의
Latvian:	īsts; patiess; faktisks
Lithuanian:	faktiškas, tikras
Norwegian:	virkelig, faktisk
Polish:	rzeczywisty, faktyczny
Portuguese (Brazil):	real
Portuguese (Portugal):	real
Romanian:	real
Russian:	действительный; существующий
Slovak:	skutočný
Slovenian:	resničen
Spanish:	real
Swedish:	faktisk, verklig
Turkish:	gerçek, gerçekte

See also: actually, actuality

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Actuals

1. A term used to describe the underlying in future and forward contracts, dealing with commodities rather than financial instruments.

2. A term used to describe a securities historical volatitity.

Investopedia Commentary

1. Many future and forward contracts deal in commodities such as oil, precious metals, livestock, and agriculture. These commodities represent deliverable goods and are commonly referred to a contract's actuals.

2. Historical volatility is computed through the standard deviation of past prices and closely mimicks the actual volatility of past stocks.

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actual

In commodities, the physical asset (that is, the commodity) as opposed to a futures contract on that asset.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott.
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Main Entry: ac·tu·al
Function: adjective
: existing in fact or reality —compare CONSTRUCTIVE —ac·tual·ly adverb

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Actual

Ac"tu*al\ (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L. actualis, fr. agere to do, act.]

1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.]

Her walking and other actual performances. --Shak.

Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. --Jer. Taylor.

2. Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.

3. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.

Actual cautery. See under Cautery.

Actual sin (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to "original sin."

Syn: Real; genuine; positive; certain. See Real.

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Actual

Ac"tu*al\, n. (Finance) Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts. [Cant]

The accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real receipts: not, in financial language, "actuals," but only Egyptian budget estimates. --Fortnightly Review.

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Os*ten"si*ble\, a. [From L. ostensus, p. p. of ostendere to show, prop., to stretch out before; fr. prefix obs- (old form of ob-) + tendere to stretch. See Tend.]

1. Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown. [R.] --Walpole.

2. Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim. --D. Ramsay.

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Re"al\, a. [LL. realis, fr. L. res, rei, a thing: cf. F. r['e]el. Cf. Rebus.]

1. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as, a description of real life.

Whereat I waked, and found Before mine eyes all real, as the dream Had lively shadowed. --Milton.

2. True; genuine; not artificial; counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as, the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger.

Whose perfection far excelled Hers in all real dignity. --Milton.

5. Relating to things, not to persons. [Obs.]

Many are perfect in men's humors that are not greatly capable of the real part of business. --Bacon.

4. (Alg.) Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary.

5. (Law) Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as, real property, in distinction from personal or movable property.

Chattels real (Law), such chattels as are annexed to, or savor of, the realty, as terms for years of land. See Chattel.

Real action (Law), an action for the recovery of real property.

Real assets (Law), lands or real estate in the hands of the heir, chargeable with the debts of the ancestor.

Real composition (Eccl. Law), an agreement made between the owner of lands and the parson or vicar, with consent of the ordinary, that such lands shall be discharged from payment of tithes, in consequence of other land or recompense given to the parson in lieu and satisfaction thereof. --Blackstone.

Real estate or property, lands, tenements, and hereditaments; freehold interests in landed property; property in houses and land. --Kent. --Burrill.

Real presence (R. C. Ch.), the actual presence of the body and blood of Christ in the eucharist, or the conversion of the substance of the bread and wine into the real body and blood of Christ; transubstantiation. In other churches there is a belief in a form of real presence, not however in the sense of transubstantiation.

Real servitude, called also Predial servitude (Civil Law), a burden imposed upon one estate in favor of another estate of another proprietor. --Erskine. --Bouvier.

Syn: Actual; true; genuine; authentic.

Usage: Real, Actual. Real represents a thing to be a substantive existence; as, a real, not imaginary, occurrence. Actual refers to it as acted or performed; and, hence, when we wish to prove a thing real, we often say, "It actually exists," "It has actually been done." Thus its really is shown by its actually. Actual, from this reference to being acted, has recently received a new signification, namely, present; as, the actual posture of affairs; since what is now in action, or going on, has, of course, a present existence. An actual fact; a real sentiment.

For he that but conceives a crime in thought, Contracts the danger of an actual fault. --Dryden.

Our simple ideas are all real; all agree to the reality of things. --Locke.

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Actual

Sin\, n. [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS. sundia, OHG. sunta, G. s["u]nde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd, L. sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr. of the verb signifying, to be, and meaning, the one who it is. Cf. Authentic, Sooth.]

1. Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission.

Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. --John viii. 34.

Sin is the transgression of the law. --1 John iii. 4.

I think 't no sin. To cozen him that would unjustly win. --Shak.

Enthralled By sin to foul, exorbitant desires. --Milton.

2. An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners.

I grant that poetry's a crying sin. --Pope.

3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.

He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. --2 Cor. v. 21.

4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.]

Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robbed this bewailing land Of noble Buckingham. --Shak.

Note: Sin is used in the formation of some compound words of obvious signification; as, sin-born; sin-bred, sin-oppressed, sin-polluted, and the like.

Actual sin,

Canonical sins,

Original sin,

Venial sin. See under Actual, Canonical, etc.

Deadly, or

Mortal,

sins (R. C. Ch.), willful and deliberate transgressions, which take away divine grace; -- in distinction from vental sins. The seven deadly sins are pride, covetousness, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth.

Sin eater, a man who (according to a former practice in England) for a small gratuity ate a piece of bread laid on the chest of a dead person, whereby he was supposed to have taken the sins of the dead person upon himself.

Sin offering, a sacrifice for sin; something offered as an expiation for sin.

Syn: Iniquity; wickedness; wrong. See Crime.

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