2. Noun. futures contract ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Futures
1. future [n] - See also: future
Lexicographical Neighbors of Futures
Literary usage of Futures
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Changing Structure of the Electric Power Industry: An Update by Rebecca A. McNerney (1998)
"These contracts have several key features: • The buyer of a futures contract is
... The seller of a futures contract is said to be in a "short" position, ..."
2. Pyaments, Clearance, and Settlement: A Guide to the Systems, Risks, and Issues by Nolani T. Traylor, Tamara E. Cross, Nancy Eibeck, Robert Pollard (1998)
"futures previously were limited to commodities such as agricultural products and
metals, but were extended in the 1970s to include financial futures on ..."
3. Federal Statutes Annotated: Containing All the Laws of the United States of by United States, William Mark McKinney, Thomas H. Calvert, Edward Thompson Company (1917)
"COTTON futures An Act To tax the privilege of dealing on exchanges, ... This is
the first section of the " United States Cotton futures Act." futures Act ..."
4. A Grammar of the Homeric Dialect by David Binning Monro (1891)
"futures from Perfect and Aorist Stems. A Future Perfect meaning appears in ...
The latter view is supported by two other futures of the kind ..."
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