"actuary" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈæktʃuˌɛɹi/ [US], /ˈæktjʊəɹi/ [UK], /ˈæktʃʊəɹi/ [UK], /ˈæktʃəɹi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-actuary.wav [Southern-England] Forms: actuaries [plural]
Etymology: From Latin āctuārius (“copyist, account-keeper”), from āctus (“public business”); see actuarius. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|āctuārius|t=copyist, account-keeper}} Latin āctuārius (“copyist, account-keeper”), {{m|la|āctus|t=public business}} āctus (“public business”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} actuary (plural actuaries)
  1. (dated) Registrar, clerk. [16th-19th c.] Tags: dated Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-actuary-en-noun-6B~bXn9w Disambiguation of Occupations: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 56 44
  2. A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions. Categories (topical): Insurance Translations (maker of insurance calculations): actuari [masculine] (Catalan), 精算師 (Chinese Mandarin), 精算师 (jīngsuànshī) (Chinese Mandarin), aktuar (Danish), actuaris [masculine] (Dutch), verzekeringswiskundige [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), aktuaari (Finnish), actuaire [feminine, masculine] (French), Versicherungsfachmann [masculine] (German), Versicherungsmathematiker [masculine] (German), Aktuar [masculine] (German), αναλογιστής (analogistís) [masculine] (Greek), aktuárius (Hungarian), biztosítási matematikus (Hungarian), biztosításmatematikus (Hungarian), biztosítási statisztikus (Hungarian), aktuaris (Indonesian), achtúire [masculine] (Irish), attuario [masculine] (Italian), アクチュアリー (akuchuarī) (Japanese), актуа́р (aktuár) [masculine] (Macedonian), ard-earrooagh [masculine] (Manx), aktuariusz [masculine] (Polish), atuário [masculine] (Portuguese), actuar [masculine] (Romanian), актуа́рий (aktuárij) [masculine] (Russian), ආයු ගණක (āyu gaṇaka) (Sinhalese), actuario [masculine] (Spanish), aktuarie (Swedish), aktüer (Turkish), актуа́рій (aktuárij) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-actuary-en-noun-pKLjEzFC Disambiguation of Insurance: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'maker of insurance calculations': 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: actuarily, actuaryship Related terms: actuarial

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    },
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "maker of insurance calculations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ard-earrooagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "maker of insurance calculations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aktuariusz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "maker of insurance calculations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atuário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "maker of insurance calculations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "actuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aktuárij",
      "sense": "maker of insurance calculations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "актуа́рий"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "āyu gaṇaka",
      "sense": "maker of insurance calculations",
      "word": "ආයු ගණක"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "maker of insurance calculations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "actuario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "maker of insurance calculations",
      "word": "aktuarie"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "maker of insurance calculations",
      "word": "aktüer"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "aktuárij",
      "sense": "maker of insurance calculations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "актуа́рій"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "actuarius",
    "actuary"
  ],
  "word": "actuary"
}

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