Variable and Cheating

noun

• Something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation.
  • usage: "the weather is one variable to be considered"
• A quantity that can assume any of a set of values.
  • synonyms: variable quantity
• A star that varies noticeably in brightness.
  • synonyms: variable star
• A symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity.

adjective

• Liable to or capable of change.
  • usage: "rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"; "variable winds"; "variable expenses"
• Marked by diversity or difference.
  • usage: "the varying angles of roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable"
  • synonyms: varying
• Used of a device) designed so that a property (as e. G. Light) can be varied. (
  • usage: "a variable capacitor"; "variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights"

• (n.) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
• (n.) That which is variable; that which varies or is subject to change.
• (a.) Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable.
• (n.) A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables.
• (a.) Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.
• (n.) A shifting wind or one that varies in force.

Variable is an element in a model. For example, in the model RS&Pt+1 = a + b Tbill t + et, where RS&Pt+1 is the return on the S&P in month t+1 and Tbill is the Tbill return at month t, both RS&P and Tbill are "variables" because they change through time; i. E., they are not constant.

noun

• A deception for profit to yourself.
  • synonyms: cheat

verb

• Deprive somebody of something by deceit.
  • usage: "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
  • synonyms: cheat, rip off, chisel
• Defeat someone through trickery or deceit.
  • synonyms: cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey
• Engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud.
  • usage: "Who's chiseling on the side"
  • synonyms: cheat, chisel
• Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage.
  • usage: "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering"
  • synonyms: cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander

adjective

• Not faithful to a spouse or lover.
  • usage: "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend"
  • synonyms: adulterous, two-timing
• Violating accepted standards or rules.
  • usage: "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
  • synonyms: dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike