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backwardations

backwardations is the plural of backwardation.

Meaning of backwardation

Noun

backwardation (countable and uncountable, plural backwardations)

  1. A situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
  2. A situation in which short-term interest rates are higher than long-term interest rates.
  3. The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
  4. (obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
    Antonyms:
    contango

Questions about backwardations

What is backwardations the plural of?
Backwardations is the plural of backwardation.

Words near backwardations in the dictionary

  1. backward-rationalized
  2. backward-rationalizes
  3. backward-rationalizing
  4. backwardated
  5. backwardation
  6. backwardations
  7. backwarded
  8. backwarder
  9. backwarders
  10. backwarding
  11. backwardism

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