Definitions for actuaries

actuaries ac·tu·ar·y

Spelling: [ak-choo-er-ee]
IPA: /ˈæk tʃuˌɛr i/

Actuaries is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 616 anagrams from letters in actuaries (aaceirstu).

Definitions for actuaries

noun

  1. Insurance. a person who computes premium rates, dividends, risks, etc., according to probabilities based on statistical records.
  2. (formerly) a registrar or clerk.
  3. Insurance. a person who computes premium rates, dividends, risks, etc., according to probabilities based on statistical records.
  4. (formerly) a registrar or clerk.

Origin of actuaries

1545-55; Latin āctuārius shorthand writer, clerk, variant (with u of the action noun āctus act) of āctārius (āct(a) deeds, documents + -ārius -ary<

Examples for actuaries

The judge beckoned to the actuary and ordered him to read the indictment.

Where is the actuary who can appraise the value of a man's opinions?

What actuary, he asks contemptuously, can appraise the value of a man's opinions?

The societies have now a registrar, an actuary, a revising barrister and two public valuers.

An actuary will tell you that I am likely to outlive Colonel Cowles.

What the mortality is likely to be I do not accurately know; but any actuary will easily calculate it for you.

actuary, akt′ū-ar-i, n. a registrar or clerk: one who makes the calculations connected with an insurance office.

When it came his time to loosen up he never referred the waiter to an actuary.

The sum to be given would be named without difficulty by an actuary.

Assuredly, they who plan picnics are not animated by the spirit of an actuary.

actuary, akt′ū-ar-i, n. a registrar or clerk: one who makes the calculations connected with an insurance office.

Assuredly, they who plan picnics are not animated by the spirit of an actuary.

The societies have now a registrar, an actuary, a revising barrister and two public valuers.

The judge beckoned to the actuary and ordered him to read the indictment.

When it came his time to loosen up he never referred the waiter to an actuary.

Where is the actuary who can appraise the value of a man's opinions?

What actuary, he asks contemptuously, can appraise the value of a man's opinions?

An actuary will tell you that I am likely to outlive Colonel Cowles.

The sum to be given would be named without difficulty by an actuary.

What the mortality is likely to be I do not accurately know; but any actuary will easily calculate it for you.

Word Value for actuaries
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12

Words with friends

13

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