actuary

== English == === Etymology === From Latin āctuārius (“copyist, account-keeper”), from āctus (“public business”); see actuarius. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæktʃuˌɛɹi/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæktjʊəɹi/, /ˈæktʃʊəɹi/, /ˈæktʃəɹi/ === Noun === actuary (plural actuaries) (dated) Registrar, clerk. [16th-19th c.] A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== actuarial ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: atuário ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “actuary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “actuary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “actuary”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.