deal in futures — index invest (fund), speculate (chance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
deal in futures — n. (Finance) deal in future commodities (counting on the increase of share prices in order to profit upon their sale) … English contemporary dictionary
Futures and promises — In computer science, future, promise, and delay refer to constructs used for synchronization in some concurrent programming languages. They describe an object that acts as a proxy for a result that is initially not known, usually because the… … Wikipedia
futures — Contracts for the sale of securities, such as bonds and stocks, or of certain commodities, such as grain and cotton, which call for delivery at a future time, the value of such a contract fluctuating with changes in the market value of the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
futures — index portfolio Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 futures … Law dictionary
Futures techniques — In the multi disciplinary field of futurology, futurologists use a diverse range of forecasting methods, including: Anticipatory thinking protocols Delphi method The Delphi method is a very popular technique used in Futures Studies. It was… … Wikipedia
Futures — A term used to designate all contracts covering the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities for future delivery on a commodity exchange. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * futures fu‧tures [ˈfjuːtʆəz ǁ ərz] noun [plural]… … Financial and business terms
futures — Contracts for the sale/purchase of a specified quantity of a financial instrument, currency, or commodity at an agreed upon price on a given future date. First developed for agricultural commodities, actively traded futures are available for… … Financial and business terms
deal — ▪ I. deal deal 1 [diːl] verb dealt PTandPP [delt] FINANCE COMMERCE deal in something phrasal verb [transitive] if a person or company deals in a particular type … Financial and business terms
Futures Commission Merchant - FCM — A merchant involved in the solicitation or acceptance of commodity orders for future delivery of commodities related to the futures contract market. A futures commission merchant is able to handle futures contract orders as well as extend credit… … Investment dictionary
