actuary

English

Etymology

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

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.

Related terms

• actuarial

Translations

maker of insurance calculations

• Catalan: actuari m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精算師／精算师 (zh) (jīngsuànshī), 精算师 (zh) (jīngsuànshī)

• Dutch: actuaris (nl) m
• Finnish: aktuaari (fi)
• French: actuaire (fr) m or f
• German: Versicherungsfachmann m, Versicherungsmathematiker (de) m, Aktuar m
• Greek: αναλογιστής (el) m (analogistís)
• Hungarian: aktuárius, biztosítási matematikus, biztosításmatematikus, biztosítási statisztikus
• Irish: achtúire m
• Italian: attuario (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: アクチュアリー (akuchuarī)
• 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)

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.