Betekenis van actual In het Nederlands

• 0 existing in fact:

  • We had estimated about 300 visitors, but the actual number was much higher.

  • The exams are in July, but the actual results (= the results themselves) don't appear until September.

  • I thought she was Portuguese, but in actual fact she's Brazilian.

• 1 real; existing in fact:

  • We expected 50 people, but the actual number was a lot higher.

• 2 true or exact:

  • actual amount/cost/figure Residents are paying electricity prices that are double the actual cost of generating electricity.

  • There is a gap between desired and actual performance.

  • actual sales/results

• 3 real, rather than part of an idea or plan:

  • He's had a lot of interviews, but never had an actual job.

• 4 real, not on the internet:

  • The actual stores offer local convenience while the virtual stores offer variety for shoppers.

• 5 an amount of money that a company really spends, rather than an amount of money that it plans or expects to spend:

  • We continuously compare budgeted amounts with actuals.

• 6 something that physically exists such as oil, metal, grain, or coffee that is traded on the stock market:

  • Transactions can be trade in actuals or by means of futures contracts.