fugit

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EtymologyEdit

First introduced by Mark Garman in an article Semper tempus fugit published in 1989 by Risk Publications, this name was designed to represent a quantity used in binomial trees to estimate american options. the latin term "tempus fugit" means "time flies" and Mark Garman suggested to use that word because "time flies especially when you're having fun managing your book of American options"

NounEdit

fugit (plural fugits)

1. (finance) The optimal date to exercise an American option (or a Bermudan option).

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VerbEdit

fugit

1. past participle of fugir

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

fugit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of fugiō
   • c. 29 bc, Publius Vergilius Maro, Georgicon, III.284

     sed fvgit interea fvgit inreparabile tempvs

     But it flees, meanwhile, it flees... irretrievable time.

   • c. ad 2, Publius Ovidius Naso, Ars Amatoria, XI

     dvm loqvor hora fvgit

     While I speak, the hour flees away.

   Tempus fugit.

   Time flies.

fūgit

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of fugiō

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RomanianEdit

VerbEdit

fugit (past participle of fugi)

1. past participle of fugi