"vera" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɪəɹə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɪɹə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vera.wav [Southern-England] Forms: veras [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹə Etymology: From Vera Lynn. Head templates: {{en-noun}} vera (plural veras)
  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) A skin (rolling paper for cigarettes). Tags: Cockney, slang
    Sense id: en-vera-en-noun-b8t08ZOr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɪəɹə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɪɹə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vera.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹə Etymology: As vega, with the "g" substituted with a "r" to represent risk-free (interest rate). Etymology templates: {{m|en|vega}} vega, {{m|en|risk-free}} risk-free Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} vera (uncountable)
  1. (finance) 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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Finance Synonyms: rhova Hypernyms (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (english: includes list of coordinate terms) Related terms: aloe vera, billa vera, polycythemia vera, vera causa
    Sense id: en-vera-en-noun-usveyFzt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 15 85 Topics: business, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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