vera
/ˈvɪɹə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Uncountable
name
A female given name from Russian.
Example Sentences
- "Has anybody got any veras? Lovely!"
- "Good night, my Vera. Mind, I shall always call you Vera. It sounds so Russian and nice, and is much prettier than Vere."
- "I killed Vera Cross - - - .I had known her for about three months, and never ceased to wonder if her parents, when they gave her a name, had been totally illiterate or wilfully blasphemous."
- "Pioneering American astronomer Vera Rubin once mentored fellow aspiring female astronomers and advocated for women in science. It’s fitting that the first national US observatory named for a female astronomer is in her honor."
Etymology
From Vera Lynn.
Origin
Word Breakdown
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvɪɹə/
- British English: /ˈvɪəɹə/