vera

n. a common female first name, originally from Russia.

n. a female given name of Russian origin, meaning 'faith'.

“Vera lived in the same house for over fifty years.”

“The protagonist, Vera, represents the stoic resilience often found in mid-century literature.”

n. a very technical way to measure how interest rates and price changes affect investments.

n. a second-order derivative sensitivity measuring the rate of change of vega with respect to the risk-free interest rate.

“The analyst looked at the vera to see how the interest rate might change the risk.”

“Advanced traders monitor vera to understand how shifts in the risk-free rate influence the volatility sensitivity of their options portfolio.”

Technical

n. a piece of paper used to make a cigarette.

n. a cigarette rolling paper; derived from Cockney rhyming slang 'Vera Lynn' for 'skin'.

“He asked his friend if he had a spare vera for his cigarette.”

“The old man at the pub reached into his pocket, searching for a vera to roll his tobacco.”

Slang · British English