actuary

From Latin āctuārius (“copyist, account-keeper”), from āctus (“public business”); see actuarius.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæktʃuˌɛɹi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæktjʊəɹi/, /ˈæktʃʊəɹi/, /ˈæktʃəɹi/

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actuary (plural actuaries)

1. (dated) Registrar, clerk. [16th-19th c.]
2. A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions.

• actuarial

• → Portuguese: atuário

• “actuary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “actuary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “actuary”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.