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"Perpetual futures."
],
"links": [
[
"finance",
"finance#Noun"
],
[
"Perpetual futures",
"perpetual futures"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(finance) Perpetual futures."
],
"topics": [
"business",
"finance"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pɜːp/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɝp/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/pɜːp/",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-au-perp.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/En-au-perp.ogg/En-au-perp.ogg.mp3",
"note": "Queensland",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/En-au-perp.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/pøːp/",
"tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)p"
}
],
"word": "perp"
}
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