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Finance Dictionary and Glossary of Investment Terms
Derivative
Definition 1.
A security, such as an option or futures contract, whose value depends on the performance of an underlying security.
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Definition 2.
A generic term often applied to a wide variety of financial instruments that derive their cash flows, and therefore their value, by reference to an underlying asset, reference rate, or index.
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