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contango day

contango day noun: the second day before payment of a contango debt is due.

Noun

contango day (plural contango days)

  1. (obsolete, London Stock Exchange) The second day before payment of a contango debt is due.
    • 'Let's see, when is next contango day?' asked Ferdie.1968, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Do Butlers Burgle Banks?', Everyman, London: 2005, p 156.

Forms of contango day

pluralcontango days

Origin of contango day

contango + day

Questions about contango day

What does contango day mean?
Contango day means the second day before payment of a contango debt is due.
What part of speech is contango day?
Contango day is a noun.
What is the plural of contango day?
The plural of contango day is contango days.

Words near contango day in the dictionary

  1. contaminatively
  2. contaminator
  3. contaminators
  4. contaminous
  5. contango
  6. contango day
  7. contango days
  8. contangoed
  9. contangoes
  10. contangoing
  11. contangos

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