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futures
/ ˈfjuːtʃəz /
plural noun
- commodities or other financial products bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date See also financial futures
- ( as modifier )
futures market
futures contract
futures
- A contract to buy or sell a specified amount of a commodity or financial instrument at an agreed price at a set date in the future. If the price for the commodity or financial instrument rises between the contract date and the future date, the investor will make money; if it declines, the investor will lose money. The term also refers to the market for such contracts.
Example Sentences
The seminal report is “a beacon for the future of groundwater management,” said Jay Famiglietti, a water scientist and global futures professor at Arizona State University.
With over 100 pilot programs across the United States, these initiatives are showing how financial stability enables people to invest in their futures.
Now the family has football players everywhere with bright futures in the game.
If you have any spare change, you might want to invest in popcorn futures.
These are helpful elevations for these players but they were not gained by beating golfers scrapping for their futures, as was the case - for example - in the International Series event in Saudi Arabia.
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