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vera en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈvɪəɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈvɪɹə/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Vera Lynn.

Meanings

  1. (Cockney, slang) A skin (rolling paper for cigarettes).
    • Has anybody got any veras? Lovely! 1992, The Shamen (band), Ebeneezer Goode (song)

Forms

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vera en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈvɪəɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈvɪɹə/ (General-American)

Etymology

As vega, with the "g" substituted with a "r" to represent risk-free (interest rate).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega with respect to changes in the risk-free interest rate, or equivalently the rate of change of rho with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset.

Hypernyms

Greeks (measure of derivative price sensitivity)

Relateds

billa vera · aloe vera · polycythemia vera · vera causa

Synonyms

rhova