actuary

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

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.

Derived terms

• actuarily
• actuaryship

 

Related terms

• actuarial

Descendants

• → Portuguese: atuário

Translations

maker of insurance calculations

• Catalan: actuari m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精算せいさん師し／精算せいさん师 (zh) (jīngsuànshī)

• Danish: aktuar
• Dutch: actuaris (nl) m, verzekeringswiskundige m or f
• Finnish: aktuaari (fi)
• French: actuaire (fr) m or f
• German: Versicherungsfachmann m, Versicherungsmathematiker (de) m, Aktuar m
• Greek: αναλογιστής (el) m (analogistís)
• Hungarian: aktuárius (hu), biztosítási matematikus, biztosításmatematikus, biztosítási statisztikus
• Indonesian: aktuaris (id)
• Irish: achtúire m
• Italian: attuario (it) m
• Japanese: アクチュアリー (akuchuarī)
• Macedonian: актуа́р m (aktuár)
• Manx: ard-earrooagh m
• Polish: aktuariusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: atuário (pt) m
• Romanian: actuar (ro) m
• Russian: актуа́рий (ru) m (aktuárij)
• Sinhalese: ආයු ගණක (āyu gaṇaka)
• Spanish: actuario (es) m
• Swedish: aktuarie (sv)
• Turkish: aktüer (tr)
• Ukrainian: актуа́рій m (aktuárij)

Further reading

• “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.