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• Actuarial

  Insurance. a person who computes premium rates, dividends, risks, etc., according to probabilities based on statistical records. (formerly) a registrar or clerk. Contemporary Examples Social security encourages behavior which undermines the actuarial soundness of social security itself. Sorry, Folks: One Way or the Other, You’ll Never Be Able to Completely Count on Retirement Megan McArdle […]

• Actuarian

  Insurance. a person who computes premium rates, dividends, risks, etc., according to probabilities based on statistical records. (formerly) a registrar or clerk. noun (pl) -aries a person qualified to calculate commercial risks and probabilities involving uncertain future events, esp in such contexts as life assurance n. 1550s, “registrar, clerk,” from Latin actuarius “copyist, account-keeper,” from […]

• Actuary

  Insurance. a person who computes premium rates, dividends, risks, etc., according to probabilities based on statistical records. (formerly) a registrar or clerk. Historical Examples A depositor lodged money with me, said the actuary; I entered it in the pass-book, but not in the receipt-book. A History of Banks for Savings in Great Britain and Ireland […]

• Actuate

  to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives. to put into action; start a process; turn on: to actuate a machine. Historical Examples The same feeling may actuate many a Peruvian bondholder when he is told that the Peruvians are beginning to cultivate literature. Peru in the Guano Age Alexander James […]

• Actuated

  to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives. to put into action; start a process; turn on: to actuate a machine. Historical Examples I believe Captain Glazier to have been actuated by a desire to establish the truth of this problem. Sword and Pen John Algernon Owens The windlasses that lift […]

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