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futures contracts

futures contracts is the plural of futures contract.

Meaning of futures contract

Noun

futures contract (plural futures contracts)

  1. 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

Questions about futures contracts

What is futures contracts the plural of?
Futures contracts is the plural of futures contract.

Words near futures contracts in the dictionary

  1. futureproofed
  2. futureproofing
  3. futureproofs
  4. futures
  5. futures contract
  6. futures contracts
  7. futures market
  8. futures markets
  9. futures perfect
  10. futurescape
  11. futurescapes

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