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ac·tu·ar·y
/
ˈæk
tʃuˌɛr
i
/
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[
ak
-choo-er-ee
]
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noun,
plural
ac·tu·ar·ies.
1.
Insurance.
a person who computes premium rates, dividends, risks, etc., according to probabilities based on statistical records.
2.
(formerly) a registrar or clerk.
Origin:
1545–55;
<
Latin
āctuārius
shorthand writer, clerk, variant (with
u
of the action noun
āctus
act
) of
āctārius
(
āct
(
a
) deeds, documents +
-ārius
-ary
)
Related forms
ac·tu·ar·i·al
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tʃuˈɛər
i
əl
/
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[
ak-choo-
air
-ee-
uh
l
]
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,
ac·tu·ar·i·an,
adjective
ac·tu·ar·i·al·ly,
adverb
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World English Dictionary
actuary
(ˈæktʃʊərɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-aries
a person qualified to calculate commercial risks and probabilities involving uncertain future events, esp in such contexts as life assurance
[C16: (meaning: registrar): from Latin
āctuārius
one who keeps accounts, from
actum
public business, and
acta
documents, deeds. See
act
,
-ary
]
actuarial
—
adj
actuary
(ˈæktʃʊərɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-aries
a person qualified to calculate commercial risks and probabilities involving uncertain future events, esp in such contexts as life assurance
[C16: (meaning: registrar): from Latin
āctuārius
one who keeps accounts, from
actum
public business, and
acta
documents, deeds. See
act
,
-ary
]
actuarial
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
actuary
1550s, "registrar, clerk," from L. actuarius "copyist, account-keeper," from actus "public business" (see
act
). Modern insurance office meaning first recorded 1849. Related: Actuarial (1869).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
actuary
[(
ak
-chooh-er-ee)]
A mathematician who uses
statistics
to calculate insurance premiums.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Not only the discount rate, but also the
actuarial
cost method matters.
The rate is determined by region-specific
actuarial
tables and historical group
deviation.
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actuarial
publication, fill out the form below.
If you live beyond your
actuarial
estimate, the investor loses.
Insurance profits and losses on the business of insurance are based on
actuarial
science.
Actuarial
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It doesn't really have an
actuarial
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But saving those who are living out the last years of their lives adds only a few months or years to the
actuarial
tables.
Politicians and unions gladly agreed to these arcane instruments in part because they are so easy to hide the
actuarial
reality.
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