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Pronunciation : Ac"tu*al (#; 135)
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L. actualis, fr. agere to do, act.]
Definition : 1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.] Her walking and other actual performances. Shak. Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. Jer. Taylor.

2. Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, coceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.

3. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country. Actual cautery. See under Cautery. -- Actual sin (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to "original sin."

Syn. -- Real; genuine; positive; certain. See Real.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ac"tu*al
Part of Speech : n. (Finance)
Definition : Defn: Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts. [Cant] The accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real receipts: not, in financial language, "actuals," but only Egyptian budget estimates. Fortnightly Review.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913