Actual

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Involving or comprising action; active.

II. Actual ·noun Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.

III. Actual ·adj In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.

IV. Actual ·adj 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.