/
dɪˈrɪvətɪv/
adj.
- chiefly derogatory imitative of the work of another artist, writer, etc.
- (of a financial product) having a value deriving from an underlying variable asset.
n.
- something which is derived from another source.
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(often derivatives)
Finance a derivative future, option, or other financial product.
- Mathematics an expression representing the rate of change of a function with respect to an independent variable.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from Fr. dérivatif, -ive, from L. derivativus, from derivare (see derive).
