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Translations:      FR  dérivé (n.m.) , instrument financier dérivé (n.m.) , produit dérivé (n.m.)     ES  derivado (n.m.) , derivado financiero (n.m.) , producto derivado (n.m.)     DE  Derivat (n.n.) , derivatives Finanzinstrument (n.n.) , Finanzderivat (n.n.) 
Synonyms:  derivative, derivative product

  Concise definition of the term financial derivative

A financial instrument whose value changes with movements in an underlying asset, index or interest rate.

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