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Futures contract

Term · Finance and investing · MLC-T-FIN-000181

An agreement to buy or sell a specific quantity of a commodity or financial instrument at a specified price on a particular date in the future.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-FIN-000181
FieldFinance and investing
ReferencesSEC Investor.gov Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-FIN-000181",
  "term": "Futures contract",
  "field": "Finance and investing",
  "definition": "An agreement to buy or sell a specific quantity of a commodity or financial instrument at a specified price on a particular date in the future.",
  "references": [
    "SEC Investor.gov Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/finance/futures-contract/"
}

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