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say it: AK-choo-er-ee
actuary is a noun meaning "someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums)". It is pronounced /ˈæktʃuˈɛˌɹi/ — AK-choo-er-ee. It carries one recorded sense.
someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums)
statistics
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for actuary come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.