Meanings
nounspot market (plural spot markets)
plural spot markets
- businessA market in which commodities are bought and sold for immediate delivery, with delivery usually taking place in the same or next business day.
The price on the futures market depends in part on the price on the spot market.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 現貨市場 /现货市场
- 現貨市場 /现货市场 (xiànhuò shìchǎng)market
Dutch spotmarkt
- spotmarktmarket
Finnish spot-markkinat
- spot-markkinatmarket
Spanish mercado al contado
- mercado al contadomarket
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Chicago
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