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Actuaries

Actuary \Ac"tu*a*ry\, n.; pl. Actuaries. [L. actuarius copyist, clerk, fr. actus, p. p. of agere to do, act.]

  1. (Law) A registrar or clerk; -- used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk or registrar generally.

  2. The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances.

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actuaries

n. (plural of actuary English)

Usage examples of "actuaries".

It's not studied much anymore, because most hyperships get where they're going, and the Empire's actuaries believe it's more trouble than it's worth to track lost ships, since they're so few.