futures contract
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futures contract
noun futures contracts
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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.
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noun contract traded on a futures exchange
| Español | contrato de futuros |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 선물 seonmul |
| 日本語 | 先物取引 sakimono torihiki, 先物 sakimono |
| 中文 | 期貨合約 /期货合约 qīhuò héyuē, 期貨 /期货 qīhuò, 期貨交易合同 /期货交易合同 qīhuò jiāoyì hétóng |
| Français | contrat à terme |
| Deutsch | Futures-Kontrakt, Terminkontrakt, Future |
| Русский | фью́черсный контра́кт fʹjúčersnyj kontrákt, фью́черс fʹjúčers |
| Tiếng Việt | hợp đồng tương lai |
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title = {futures contract},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/futures%20contract},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
