actuals
- 1Real recorded numbers for what has already happened, instead of planned or budgeted amounts.
Like checking the real score after a game instead of guessing it beforehand.
The team compared this month's actuals with the budget.
Our actuals came in higher than we expected.
Oppositeforecasts, projections, estimates
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- 2Plural of actual. Use this form when talking about more than one.
Forget the estimates and show me the actuals.
The report listed all the actuals from last year.
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- 3The real goods or assets that people trade, not just contracts to buy them later.
Like getting the real toy in your hands instead of a ticket promising one later.
Some traders prefer to deal in actuals rather than futures.
The buyer wanted the actuals delivered, not just a contract.
Similarphysicals
Oppositefutures
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actuals is a form of actual
actual, noun: The real amount of money a business got or spent, not the amount it guessed or planned beforehand. Full entry
- Forms
- actualactuals plural
- Spelling
- actual → actuals: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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