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perpetual futures

perpetual futures noun: a futures contract without an expiry date.

Noun

perpetual futures (plural perpetual futures)

  1. A futures contract without an expiry date.
    • Autopsies carried out since then [Oct 2025 crypto crash] suggest that much of the damage can be traced to investors having piled into financial products known as perpetual futures.2025 December 6, George Steer, Jill R Shah, Nikou Asgari, “Crypto’s rocky year”, in FT Weekend (Big Rea section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6
    Synonyms:
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Synonyms of perpetual futures

Forms of perpetual futures

pluralperpetual futures

Questions about perpetual futures

What does perpetual futures mean?
Perpetual futures means a futures contract without an expiry date.
What part of speech is perpetual futures?
Perpetual futures is a noun.
What is the plural of perpetual futures?
The plural of perpetual futures is perpetual futures.

Words near perpetual futures in the dictionary

  1. perpetual canons
  2. perpetual check
  3. perpetual checks
  4. perpetual curate
  5. perpetual curates
  6. perpetual futures
  7. Perpetual Help
  8. perpetual inventory
  9. perpetual license
  10. perpetual licenses
  11. perpetual motion

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