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When \\(k=1\\), \\(A=\\{0\\}\\), and \\(B=\\{\\pm 1\\}\\), such a function is called a \\textit{Bank-Laine function} associated with a celebrated conjecture given by~\\textit{S. B.~Bank} and \\textit{I.~Laine} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 273, 351--363 (1982; Zbl 0505.34026)] about solutions of second order homogeneous linear differential equations. Although there are known various such functions like \\(\\sin z\\), the classification of all Bank-Laine functions is still in the process of research and development.  For the purpose to determine composite Bank-Laine functions, the first author of the present paper studied in his previous paper [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 354, No. 3, 1177--1191 (2002; Zbl 0992.30019)] the ``double Bank-Laine property'', where two pairs of the sets \\(A\\) and \\(B\\) with \\(\\#A=1\\) and \\(\\#B=2\\) are considered when \\(k=1\\). Then he succeeded in detecting the entire functions with this property.  Motivated by the spirit of this result, the authors of the paper under review study a more general question: \\textit{What can be said if a transcendental meromorphic function \\(f\\) in the plane satisfies  \\[  f(z) \\in A := \\{ a_1, \\ldots , a_m \\} \\quad \\text{ implies that } \\quad f^{(k)}(z) \\in B := \\{ b_1, \\ldots , b_n \\}, \\tag{1} \\]  for some \\(k, m, n \\in \\mathbb{N}\\), and distinct \\(a_j\\), \\(b_j\\) in~\\(\\mathbb{C}\\)?} It is remarked in Lemma 2.1 that Nevanlinna's second fundamental theorem implies that \\(m \\leq 2 + n(k + 1)\\), and \\(m \\leq n + 1\\) if \\(f\\) is entire. The authors give examples of suitable finite sets \\(A\\) and \\(B\\) with an elliptic function~\\(f\\) for which \\(m = 2 + n(k + 1)\\) holds when \\((k,m,n)=(1,4,1), (3,6,1)\\). Further, it is noted that the equality \\(m=n+1\\) in the latter is always possible for the entire function \\(f(z)=a_1+e^{az+b}\\). 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