"futures contract" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: futures contracts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} futures contract (plural futures contracts)
  1. (finance) 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). Wikipedia link: futures contract Categories (topical): Finance Synonyms: futures Related terms: actuals, forward contract Translations (contract traded on a futures exchange): 期貨合約 (Chinese Mandarin), 期货合约 (qīhuò héyuē) (Chinese Mandarin), 期貨 (Chinese Mandarin), 期货 (qīhuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 期貨交易合同 (Chinese Mandarin), 期货交易合同 (qīhuò jiāoyì hétóng) (Chinese Mandarin), futuurisopimus (Finnish), futuuri (Finnish), contrat à terme [masculine] (French), Futures-Kontrakt [masculine] (German), Terminkontrakt [masculine] (German), Future [neuter] (German), kontrak berjangka (Indonesian), 先物取引 (sakimono torihiki) (alt: さきものとりひき) (Japanese), 先物 (sakimono) (alt: さきもの) (Japanese), фьючерс (füçers) (Kazakh), 선물 (seonmul) (alt: 先物) (Korean), фьючерс (fyucers) (Kyrgyz), قرارداد آتی (Persian), фью́черсный контра́кт (fʹjúčersnyj kontrákt) [masculine] (Russian), фью́черс (fʹjúčers) [masculine] (Russian), contrato de futuros [masculine] (Spanish), முன்பேர ஒப்பந்தம் (muṉpēra oppantam) (Tamil), สัญญาซื้อขายล่วงหน้า (sǎn-yaa-sʉ́ʉ-kǎai-lûuang-nâa) (Thai), future sözleşme (Turkish), ф'ю́черсний контра́кт (fʺjúčersnyj kontrákt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ф'ю́черс (fʺjúčers) [masculine] (Ukrainian), hợp đồng tương lai (Vietnamese)

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