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futures
fu·ture F0376800 (fyo͞o′chər)n.1. The indefinite time yet to come: will try to do better in the future.2. Something that will happen in time to come: "The future comes apace" (Shakespeare).3. A prospective or expected condition, especially one considered with regard to growth, advancement, or development: a business with no future.4. often futures A financial instrument that obligates the holder to buy or sell an asset at a set price on a specified date in the future: a market for copper futures.5. Grammar a. The form of a verb used in speaking of action that has not yet occurred or of states not yet in existence.b. A verb form in the future tense.adj. That is to be or to come; of or existing in later time.
[Middle English, from Old French futur, from Latin futūrus, about to be; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]futures (ˈfjuːtʃəz) pl n (Stock Exchange) a. commodities or other financial products bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date. See also financial futuresb. (as modifier): futures contract; futures market. futuresAn agreement to buy goods at a fixed date in the future at a fixed price. Futures are sold where the price of goods fluctuates, for example, there are futures for commodities such as fruit, and also it is possible to buy futures in foreign currencies. If the price fluctuates, above the amount agreed the buyer gains; if the price fluctuates below, the buyer loses. Futures are a hedge against uncertainty.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeefutureFutures
Related to Futures: futures market, Commodity Futures, Futures tradingFuturesContracts that promise to purchase or sell standard commodities at a forthcoming date and at a fixed price. This type of contract is an extremely speculative transaction and ordinarily involves such standard goods as rice or soybeans. Profit and loss are based upon promises to deliver—as opposed to possession of—the actual commodities. FinancialSeeFutureSee FUT
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