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tʃuˌɛr 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.
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actuary (ˈæktʃʊərɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
| actuarial | |
| —adj | |
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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).
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Cultural Dictionary
actuary [(ak-chooh-er-ee)]A mathematician who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums.
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Example sentences
But it is also true, as every actuary knows, that the best way to live for a long time is to pick your parents carefully.
Genetic testing information should not be used for actuary calculations.
The uproar this provoked only grew when a state-appointed actuary concluded that the firm's justification for the hike was bogus.
According to the actuary, health inflation will actually increase under this law not decrease.
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