: an informal form of a name. â Diminutives can be a shortened form of a name (such as âJenâ for âJenniferâ and âDickâ for âRichardâ) or a name with a diminutive suffix added to it (such as âBobbyâ for âBobâ).
The sensitivity of an option's market value relative to a change in the time to expiration. Theta is a measure of time decay and tends to grow larger as an option approaches expiration.
Tenor (finance) Tenor (finance) refers to the time-to-maturity of a bond, or for an interest rate swap, the length of time during this payments are made. For a swap, tenor may also mean the coupon frequency. For a bond, it may mean the remaining time-to-maturity as well. Tenor, in Financial times lexicon.