Actuary

['æktʃʊərɪ;-tjʊ-] or ['æktʃuɛri]

Definition

(n.) A registrar or clerk; -- used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk or registrar generally.

(n.) 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.

Editor: Whitney

Definition

n. a registrar or clerk: one who makes the calculations connected with an insurance office.—adj. Actua′rial.

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