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writer

1. a person who is able to write or write well
2. a composer of music
3. Scot a legal practitioner, such as a notary or solicitor
4. Writer to the Signet (in Scotland) a member of an ancient society of solicitors, now having the exclusive privilege of preparing crown writs
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writer

[′rīd·ər]
(computer science)
The part of a job entry system that controls output, in particular, the printer and the spool file.
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writer

(1) See technical writer and coder.

(2) (Writer) The word processing program in an office suite. See OpenOffice and LibreOffice.
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They also note that option writers should be compensated for bearing the risk of shocks in volatility.
This right/obligation asymmetry that is inherent in options prompts the risk-averse option writers to mark up the premium to account for any unexpected hike in volatility.
Their difference, [[sigma].sub.R.sup.2] - [[sigma].sub.rn.sup.2], is the volatility or variance risk premium demanded by option writers. In Bakshi and Madan (2005), [[sigma].sub.rn.sup.2] is an explicit function of [[sigma].sub.R.sup.2], as well as skewness and kurtosis of the physical distribution.
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