actuary

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

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.

• actuarial

• actuary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “actuary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• actuary at OneLook Dictionary Search