"lookback" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: lookbacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lookback (plural lookbacks)
  1. Alternative form of look-back Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: look-back
    Sense id: en-lookback-en-noun-n1FDb9oZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42
  2. (finance, often attributive) A kind of exotic option whose payoff depends on the optimal (maximum or minimum) underlying asset's price occurring over the life of the option. Tags: attributive, often Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-lookback-en-noun-I0jOQ-ee Topics: business, finance

Inflected forms

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