futures contract
futures contract noun: a standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a standardized quantity of a specified commodity (or financial instrument) of standardized quality at a certain date in the future, at a stated price (the futures price).
Noun
futures contract (plural futures contracts)
- A standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a standardized quantity of a specified commodity (or financial instrument) of standardized quality at a certain date in the future, at a stated price (the futures price).
- He led the way with futures contracts (by which buyer and seller fix a price, immune from market fluctuations, for commodities that do not even exist at the time, such as crops yet to be sown) when these were exotic financial instruments few had hitherto tried.2022, Hernan Diaz, Trust, Picador (2023), page 139
- Synonyms:
- futures
futures contract meaning in Tamil, Indonesian, Persian and Thai
futures contract in Tamil
- contract traded on a futures exchange
- முன்பேர ஒப்பந்தம் muṉpēra oppantam
futures contract in Indonesian
- contract traded on a futures exchange
- kontrak berjangka
futures contract in Persian
- contract traded on a futures exchange
- قرارداد آتی
futures contract in Thai
- contract traded on a futures exchange
- สัญญาซื้อขายล่วงหน้า sǎn-yaa-sʉ́ʉ-kǎai-lûuang-nâa
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- futures contract in Vietnamese
- hợp đồng tương lai
Synonyms of futures contract
Forms of futures contract
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Questions about futures contract
- What does futures contract mean?
- Futures contract means a standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a standardized quantity of a specified commodity (or financial instrument) of standardized quality at a certain date in the future, at a stated price (the futures price).
- What is futures contract in Tamil?
- Futures contract in Tamil is முன்பேர ஒப்பந்தம் (muṉpēra oppantam). See Futures contract meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is futures contract?
- Futures contract is a noun.
- What is the plural of futures contract?
- The plural of futures contract is futures contracts.
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