Word Meanings - ACTUARIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity.

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• ACTUARIAL
  Of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• VALUE
  Worth estimated by any standard of purchasing power, especially by the market price, or the amount of money agreed upon as an equivalent to the utility and cost of anything. An article may be possessed of the highest degree of utility, or power
• VALUER
  One who values; an appraiser.
• VALUED POLICY
  A policy in which the value of the goods, property, or interest insured is specified; -- opposed to open policy.
• VALUED-POLICY LAW
  A law requiring insurance companies to pay to the insured, in case of total loss, the full amount of the insurance, regardless of the actual value of the property at the time of the loss.
• VALUELESS
  Being of no value; having no worth.
• ANNUITY
  A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance.
• VALUED
  Highly regarded; esteemed; prized; as, a valued contributor; a valued friend. Valued policy. See under Policy.
• UNDERVALUE
  1. To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate. 2. To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise. In comparison of it I undervalued all ensigns of authority. Atterbury. I write not this
• OUTVALUE
  To exceed in value. Boyle.
• UNVALUED
  1. Not valued; not appraised; hence, not considered; disregarded; valueless; as, an unvalued estate. "Unvalued persons." Shak. 2. Having inestimable value; invaluable. The golden apples of unvalued price. Spenser.
• MISVALUE
  To value wrongly or too little; to undervalue. But for I am so young, I dread my work Wot be misvalued both of old and young. W. Browne.
• EQUIVALUE
  To put an equal value upon; to put on a par with another thing. W. Taylor.
• OVERVALUE
  1. To value excessively; to rate at too high a price. "To overvalue human power." Holyday. 2. To exceed in value. H. Brooke.
• UNDERVALUER
  One who undervalues.
• INVALUED
  Inestimable. Drayton.
• DISVALUE
  To undervalue; to depreciate. Shak.
• PRESENT VALUE; PRESENT WORTH
  The principal which, drawing interest at a given rate, will amount to the given sum at the date on which this is to be paid; thus, interest being at 6%, the present value of 6 due one year hence is 0.