volatility
UK/ˌvɒl.əˈtɪl.ə.ti/US/ˌvɑ.ləˈtɪl.ə.ti/
volatility noun: the state of being volatile.
Noun
volatility (countable and uncountable, plural volatilities)
- The state of being volatile.
- The state of having a low boiling point and evaporating readily.
- The state of not retaining data in the absence of power.
- The state of being able to fly.
- The state of being unpredictable.
- A quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price of a commodity, share, or other financial product.
- The recent volatility has come with the S&P 500 hovering just above bear market territory, or a 20 percent drop from its most recent high.2022 May 18, Coral Murphy Marcos, “Stocks resume their rout as falling profits reignite fears of inflation.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
volatility meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
volatility in Tamil
- ஆவியாகுந்தன்மை, எளிதிலாவியாகுதன்மை, எளிதாக தானாகவே மாறும்தன்மை, விலை மாறும் தன்மை
volatility in Urdu
- آسانی سے بھپرنا, کافور صفتی, لپ جھپ, پھرتی, تیزی
volatility in Bengali
- volatility; the tendency of a market or price to fluctuate
- পরিবর্তনশীলতা pôribôrtônośilôta, অস্থায়িত্ব ôsthayitvô, অনিত্যতা ônittyôta
volatility in Kannada
- ಚಿತ್ತಚಾಂಚಲ್ಯ, ಚಂಚಲತೆ, ಆವಿಯಾಗುವ ಗುಣ, ಆವಿಯಾಗುವಿಕೆ, ಚುರುಕಾವಿಕೆ, ಆವಿಕೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- volatility in Gujarati
- વોલેટિલિટી
- volatility in Malay
- kemeruapan
- volatility in Indonesian
- volatilitas
Examples of volatility in a sentence
- They were cleareyed about the volatility and big price swings of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
- There’s an industry term for white-knuckling it through crypto’s wild volatility without selling: “hodl.”
- A skew demonstrates the relationship between the movement of an underlying asset and its volatility.
Forms of volatility
| plural | volatilities |
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Origin of volatility
From volatile + -ity.
Words formed from volatility
- covolatility
- forward volatility
- nonvolatility
- overvolatility
- volatility arbitrage
- volatility auction
- volatility buffer
- volatility circuit breaker
- volatility cluster
- volatility clustering
- volatility decay
- volatility drag
- volatility halt
- volatility interruption
- volatility smile
- volatility spillover
- volatility tax
- volga
- vomma
Phrases with volatility
Questions about volatility
- What does volatility mean?
- Volatility means the state of being volatile.
- What is volatility in Tamil?
- Volatility in Tamil is ஆவியாகுந்தன்மை, எளிதிலாவியாகுதன்மை, எளிதாக தானாகவே மாறும்தன்மை. See Volatility meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is volatility?
- Volatility is a noun.
- How do you pronounce volatility?
- Volatility is pronounced /ˌvɒl.əˈtɪl.ə.ti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of volatility?
- The plural of volatility is volatilities.
Words near volatility in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: volatility (page history and authors); volatility (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); volatility (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অনিত্যতা (Bengali) (page history and authors); volatility (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); volatility (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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