[d?'r?v?t?v]
¦ adjective
1. chiefly derogatory imitative of the work of another artist, writer, etc.
2. (of a financial product) having a value deriving from an underlying variable asset.
¦ noun
1. something which is derived from another source.
2. (often derivatives) Finance a derivative future, option, or other financial product.
3. Mathematics an expression representing the rate of change of a function with respect to an independent variable.
Derivatives
derivatively adverb
Origin
ME: from Fr.
derivatif,
-ive, from L.
derivativus, from
derivare (see
derive).