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Share capital which has unlimited rights to participate in the distribution of either dividends or capital.


Abbreviation for derivative financial instrument.
However, it generally ranks after other classes of capital.  




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== See also ==
 
* [[An introduction to equity capital]]
''Maths''. 
* [[Debt capital]]
 
* [[Distribution]]
A derivative function describes the rate of change of the underlying function, with respect to changes in one of the variables in the underlying function.
* [[Dividend]]
 
* [[Equity]]
*The first derivative describes the slope of the function curve at a given point on the curve.
* [[Equity instrument]]
*The second derivative describes the rate of change of the slope.  In other words the degree of curvature, at a given point.
* [[Share]]
 
* [[Share capital]]
 
* [[Venture capital]]
Most of the 'Greek letters' in options analysis are the first derivative of the option value, as the related value driver changes.
 


== See also ==
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
* [[Delta]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
* [[Derivative instrument]]
* [[Differentiation]]
* [[Embedded derivative]]
* [[Greeks]]

Latest revision as of 20:33, 13 February 2023

Share capital which has unlimited rights to participate in the distribution of either dividends or capital.

However, it generally ranks after other classes of capital.


See also