futures contract

== English == === Noun === futures contract (plural futures contracts) (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 stated price (the futures price). ==== Synonyms ==== futures ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== actuals forward contract === Further reading === John Smullen, Nicholas Hand, editors (2005), “futures contract”, in A Dictionary of Finance and Banking, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 174