Derivatives meaning

Financial instruments whose performance is derived, at least in part, from the performance of an underlying asset, security, or index. For example, a stock option is a derivative because its value changes in relation to the price movement of the underlying stock. Futures contracts also obtain their value from the underlying product.
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Derivatives Sentence Examples

  • Its methyl derivatives yield the corresponding carboxylic acids when oxidized by potassium permanganate.

  • Paraffins are found in all crude oils, and olefines in varying proportions in the majority, while acetylene has been found in Baku oil; members of the benzene group and its derivatives, notably benzene and toluene, occur in all petroleums. Naphthenes are the chief components of some oils, as already indicated, and occur in varying quantities in many others.

  • The amino derivatives are stable bases which readily yield substitution derivatives when acted upon by the halogen elements.

  • The mono-amino derivatives or eurhodines are obtained when the arylmonamines are condensed with orthoamino zo compounds; by condensing quinone dichlorimide or para-nitrosodimethyl aniline with monamines containing a free para position, or by oxidizing ortho-hydroxydiaminodiphenylamines (R.

  • Hydriodic acid and phosphorus at high temperature give a dihydro-compound, whilst sodium and alcohol give hexaand octo-hydro derivatives.

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