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Value at Risk

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

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A widely used measure of the risk of loss on a specific portfolio of financial assets. For a given portfolio, probability and time horizon, VaR is a threshold value such that the probability that the mark-to-market loss on the portfolio over the given time horizon exceeds this value (assuming normal markets and no trading) is the given probability level.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: banking, business, finance

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 風險價值 /风险价值 (fēngxiǎn jiàzhí) — widely used measure of the risk of loss on a specific portfolio
  • Finnish: Value at Risk — widely used measure of the risk of loss on a specific portfolio
  • Finnish: VaR — widely used measure of the risk of loss on a specific portfolio
  • Russian: сто́имость под ри́ском (stóimostʹ pod rískom) — widely used measure of the risk of loss on a specific portfolio