[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

actual \ac"tual\, n. finance
   something actually received; real, as distinct from
   estimated, receipts. cant
   1913 webster

         the accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real
         receipts: not, in financial language, "actuals," but
         only egyptian budget estimates.          --fortnightly
                                                  review.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

actual \ac"tual\ ; 135, a. oe. actuel, f. actuel, l.
   actualis, fr. agere to do, act.
   1. involving or comprising action; active. obs.
      1913 webster

            her walking and other actual performances. --shak.
      1913 webster

            let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is
            . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to
            god.                                  --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   2. existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in
      fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible,
      virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or
      nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case
      under discussion.
      1913 webster

   3. in action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the
      actual situation of the country.
      1913 webster

   actual cautery. see under cautery.

   actual sin theol., that kind of sin which is done by
      ourselves in contradistinction to "original sin."
      1913 webster

   syn: real; genuine; positive; certain. see real.
        1913 webster
see also:
potential possible virtual speculative conceivable theoretical 
nominal actual cautery cautery actual sin real 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

actual
     adj 1: presently existing in fact and not merely potential or
            possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual
            temperature were markedly different"; "actual and
            imagined conditions" syn: existent ant: potential
     2: taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw
        the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual
        beating"
     3: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of
        something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a
        desert"- g.k.chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" syn: genuine,
         literal, real
     4: of the nature of fact; having actual existence; "rocks and
        trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual
        things that produced the emotion you experienced" syn: factual
     5: existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; "de
        facto segregation is as real as segration imposed by law";
        "a de facto state of war" syn: de facto, factual
        ant: de jure
     6: being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual
        position is 22 miles due south of key west"
see also:
existent potential genuine literal real factual 
de facto de jure 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

110 moby thesaurus words for "actual":
   absolute, admitting no question, as is, ascertained, attested,
   authentic, authenticated, being, bona fide, categorically true,
   certain, certified, commonplace, concrete, confirmable, confirmed,
   contemporaneous, contemporary, corroborated, current, de facto,
   demonstrable, demonstratable, demonstrated, determined,
   documentary, effectual, established, everyday, existent, existing,
   extant, factual, for real, fresh, genuine, hard, historical,
   honest-to-god, immanent, immediate, inappealable, incontestable,
   incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, instant, irrefragable,
   irrefutable, latest, legitimate, manifest, material, modern, new,
   not in error, objective, objectively true, ordinary, phenomenal,
   physical, positive, present, present-age, present-day,
   present-time, provable, proved, real, realistic, realized, routine,
   running, self-evident, solid, substantial, substantiated,
   sure-enough, tangible, testable, that be, that is, topical, true,
   true as gospel, true to life, truthful, unanswerable, unconfutable,
   unconfuted, undeniable, undenied, undoubted, unerroneous,
   unfallacious, unfalse, unimpeachable, unmistaken, unquestionable,
   unrefutable, unrefuted, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, usual,
   validated, veracious, veridical, verifiable, verified, veritable

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

actual. real; actual.
     2. actual notice. one which has been expressly given by which knowledge
of a fact has been brought home to a party directly ; it is opposed to
constructive notice.
     3. actual admissions. those which are expressly made; they are plenary
or partial. 4 bouv. inst. n. 4405.
     4. an actual escape takes place when a prisoner in fact gets out of
prison, and unlawfully regains his liberty. vide escape.

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