"contango" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: contangos [plural], contangoes [plural]
Etymology: The term originated in early-19th-century England, and is believed to be a corruption of continuation, continue or contingent. In the past on the London Stock Exchange, contango was a fee paid by a buyer to a seller when the buyer wished to defer settlement of the trade they had agreed. The charge was based on the interest forgone by the seller not being paid. Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|contangoes}} contango (countable and uncountable, plural contangos or contangoes)
  1. The situation in a futures market where prices for future delivery are higher than prices for immediate (or nearer) delivery, indicating the expectation that the price of the underlying asset will go up. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-contango-en-noun-fs1OT1TG Disambiguation of Finance: 70 14 7 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 10 6 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 69 15 7 8
  2. The amount by which prices for future delivery are higher than prices for near delivery. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-contango-en-noun-ge0cOS1s
  3. (obsolete, London Stock Exchange) Fee paid by a buyer to the seller on settlement day when the buyer wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-contango-en-noun-2d-n8HNy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forwardation Related terms: contangoed, contangoing, contango day

Verb [English]

Forms: contangos [present, singular, third-person], contangoing [participle, present], contangoed [participle, past], contangoed [past]
Etymology: The term originated in early-19th-century England, and is believed to be a corruption of continuation, continue or contingent. In the past on the London Stock Exchange, contango was a fee paid by a buyer to a seller when the buyer wished to defer settlement of the trade they had agreed. The charge was based on the interest forgone by the seller not being paid. Head templates: {{en-verb}} contango (third-person singular simple present contangos, present participle contangoing, simple past and past participle contangoed)
  1. (obsolete, London Stock Exchange, transitive, intransitive) To charge (a buyer) a fee to defer settlement until the next settlement day. Tags: intransitive, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-contango-en-verb-it4Fl6yi

Inflected forms

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