futures contract

noun

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 stated price (the futures price).

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Meanings

nounfutures contract (plural futures contracts)

plural futures contracts

  1. businessA 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 stated price (the futures price).

    He led the way with futures contracts (by which buyer and seller fix a price, immune from market fluctuations, for commodities that do not even exist at the time, such as crops yet to be sown) when these were exotic financial instruments few had hitherto tried.

    2022, Hernan Diaz, Trust, Picador (2023), page 139

    Synonyms: futures

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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 stated price (the futures price).

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futures

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 期貨合約 /期货合约, 期貨 /期货
  • 期貨合約 /期货合约 (qīhuò héyuē)contract traded on a futures exchange
  • 期貨 /期货 (qīhuò)contract traded on a futures exchange
  • 期貨交易合同 /期货交易合同 (qīhuò jiāoyì hétóng)contract traded on a futures exchange
Finnish futuurisopimus, futuuri
  • futuurisopimuscontract traded on a futures exchange
  • futuuricontract traded on a futures exchange
French contrat à terme
  • contrat à termecontract traded on a futures exchange
German Futures-Kontrakt, Terminkontrakt
  • Futures-Kontraktcontract traded on a futures exchange
  • Terminkontraktcontract traded on a futures exchange
  • Futurecontract traded on a futures exchange
Indonesian kontrak berjangka
  • kontrak berjangkacontract traded on a futures exchange
Japanese 先物取引, 先物
  • 先物取引 (sakimono torihiki)contract traded on a futures exchange
  • 先物 (sakimono)contract traded on a futures exchange
Korean 선물
  • 선물 (seonmul)contract traded on a futures exchange
Persian قرارداد آتی
  • قرارداد آتیcontract traded on a futures exchange
Polish futures
  • futurescontract traded on a futures exchange
Russian фью́черсный контра́кт, фью́черс
  • фью́черсный контра́кт (fʹjúčersnyj kontrákt)contract traded on a futures exchange
  • фью́черс (fʹjúčers)contract traded on a futures exchange
Spanish contrato de futuros
  • contrato de futuroscontract traded on a futures exchange
Tamil முன்பேர ஒப்பந்தம்
  • முன்பேர ஒப்பந்தம் (muṉpēra oppantam)contract traded on a futures exchange
Thai สัญญาซื้อขายล่วงหน้า
  • สัญญาซื้อขายล่วงหน้า (sǎn-yaa-sʉ́ʉ-kǎai-lûuang-nâa)contract traded on a futures exchange
Turkish future sözleşme
  • future sözleşmecontract traded on a futures exchange
Ukrainian ф'ю́черсний контра́кт, ф'ю́черс
  • ф'ю́черсний контра́кт (fʺjúčersnyj kontrákt)contract traded on a futures exchange
  • ф'ю́черс (fʺjúčers)contract traded on a futures exchange
Vietnamese hợp đồng tương lai
  • hợp đồng tương laicontract traded on a futures exchange
Cite this entry
APA

futures contract. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/futures%20contract

MLA

“futures contract.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/futures%20contract. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “futures contract,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/futures%20contract.

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