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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACT'UARY, n. [L. actuarius.]
A register or clerk; a term of the civil law, and used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction; but in Europe used for a clerk or register generally.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums) [syn: statistician, actuary]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -aries) Etymology: Latin actuarius shorthand writer, alteration of actarius, from actum record — more at act Date: 1553 1. obsolete clerk, registrar 2. a person who calculates insurance and annuity premiums, reserves, and dividends

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) an expert in statistics, esp. one who calculates insurance risks and premiums. Derivatives: actuarial adj. actuarially adv. Etymology: L actuarius bookkeeper f. actus past part. of agere ACT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Actuary Ac"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Actuaries. [L. actuarius copyist, clerk, fr. actus, p. p. of agere to do, act.] 1. (Law) A registrar or clerk; -- used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk or registrar generally. 2. The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(actuaries) An actuary is a person who is employed by insurance companies to calculate how much they should charge their clients for insurance. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Agent, superintendent, supervisor, overseer, clerk, registrar, computing manager, manager, executive agent.

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