futures contract

English

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 price (the futures price).

Synonyms

• futures
• forward contract

Translations

contract traded on a futures exchange

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 期貨合約／期货合约, 期货合约 (qīhuò héyuē), 期貨／期货 (zh) (qīhuò), 期货 (zh) (qīhuò), 期貨交易合同／期货交易合同, 期货交易合同 (qīhuò jiāoyì hétóng)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: futuurisopimus, futuuri (fi)
• French: contrat à terme m
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• German: Futures-Kontrakt m, Terminkontrakt m, Future (de) n
• Japanese: 先物取引 (さきものとりひき, sakimono torihiki), 先物 (さきもの, sakimono)
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: фью́черсный контра́кт m (fʹjúčersnyj kontrákt), фью́черс (ru) m (fʹjúčers)
• Spanish: contrato de futuros (es) m
• Thai: สัญญาซื้อขายล่วงหน้า (th) (sǎn-yaa-sʉ́ʉ-kǎai-lûuang-nâa)