"ETF" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ETFs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviation. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ETF (plural ETFs)
  1. (finance) Initialism of exchange-traded fund. Wikidata QID: Q845477 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: exchange-traded fund Hypernyms: tradable fund, listed fund, fund
    Sense id: en-ETF-en-noun-en:Q845477 Categories (other): Finance, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Topics: business, finance
  2. (commerce) Initialism of early-termination fee Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: early-termination fee Hypernyms: termination fee, fee Coordinate_terms: early termination, termination
    Sense id: en-ETF-en-noun-6CBJbzvW Categories (other): Commerce Topics: business, commerce

Inflected forms

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