contango
/kənˈtæŋɡoʊ̯/
contango noun: the situation in a futures market where prices for future delivery are higher than prices for immediate (or nearer) delivery, indicating the expectation that the price of the underlying asset will go up.
Noun
contango (countable and uncountable, plural contangos or contangoes)
- The situation in a futures market where prices for future delivery are higher than prices for immediate (or nearer) delivery, indicating the expectation that the price of the underlying asset will go up.
- most of these other commodities are generally in contango2005, Futures Industry Magazine
- The amount by which prices for future delivery are higher than prices for near delivery.
- Normally new buyers would go after the March silver contract, especially with such a small contango.2003, Bill Murphy, “Kitco Bullion Dealers”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 18 Dec 2005
- Fee paid by a buyer to the seller on settlement day when the buyer wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
- Yesterday was Settling Day in Consols, and Monday next the Settling of Omnium. Owing to the great scarcity of money, the Contango on both is extremely great, nearly equal to 15 per cent. for money, from account to account.1803 February 28, “York, &c. news”, in York Herald, page 2
Verb
contango (third-person singular simple present contangos, present participle contangoing, simple past and past participle contangoed)
- To charge (a buyer) a fee to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
contango meaning in Tamil
contango in Tamil
- முன்னோக்கு வணிக விலைப்புள்ளி
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Forms of contango
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | contangos |
| plural | contangoes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | contangos |
| present participle | contangoing |
| past participle | contangoed |
| past | contangoed |
Origin of contango
The term originated in early-19th-century England, and is believed to be a corruption of continuation, continue or contingent. In the past on the London Stock Exchange, contango was a fee paid by a buyer to a seller when the buyer wished to defer settlement of the trade they had agreed. The charge was based on the interest forgone by the seller not being paid.
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Questions about contango
- What does contango mean?
- Contango means the situation in a futures market where prices for future delivery are higher than prices for immediate (or nearer) delivery, indicating the expectation that the price of the underlying asset will go up.
- What is contango in Tamil?
- Contango in Tamil is முன்னோக்கு வணிக விலைப்புள்ளி. See Contango meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is contango?
- Contango can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce contango?
- Contango is pronounced /kənˈtæŋɡoʊ̯/.
- What is the plural of contango?
- The plural of contango is contangos.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: contango (page history and authors); contango (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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