- Variable
- A value determined within the context of a model. Also called endogenous variable. The New York Times Financial Glossary
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something that affects a situation in a way that means you cannot be sure what will happen:• Interest rates and earnings are the two most important variables in forecasting stock prices.
• The Japanese are subject to the same economic variables as everybody else.
variable costs, prices, interest rates etc change or can change and are not fixed:• The value of both fixed- and variable-rate loans fell nearly half a per cent.
• The new management will offer more attractive variable annuities.
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Ⅰ.variable UK US /ˈveəriəbl/ adjective► able to change or be changed: »50% of the restaurant manager's remuneration was variable.
»Returns are variable but can rise to as much as 9%.
»Those who bought variable annuities a few years ago are already losing money on them.
► not always of the same level or standard: »Internet phone call quality can be wildly variable.
»The new chips have turned out to be of variable quality.
Ⅱ.variable UK US /ˈveəriəbl/ noun [C]► a number, amount, or situation that can change and affect something in different ways: »Right now, there are too many variables for us to make a decision.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
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variable — adj. de tout genre. Sujet à varier, qui change souvent. En ce climat les saisons sont fort variables. temps variable. vent variable. la fortune est variable. c est un esprit variable. il est variable dans ses opinions, dans ses resolutions … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
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variable — [ver′ē ə bəl, var′ē ə bəl] adj. [ME < MFr < L variabilis] 1. apt or likely to change or vary; changeable, inconstant, fickle, fluctuating, etc. 2. that can be changed or varied 3. Biol. tending to deviate in some way from the type; aberrant … English World dictionary
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