futures
pronunciation
How to pronounce futures in British English:
UK [f'ju:tʃəz]
How to pronounce futures in American English:
US [f'jutʃəz]
Word Origin
- futures (n.)
- "goods sold on agreement for future delivery," 1880, from future (n.) in a financial sense "speculative purchase or sale of stock or other commodities for future delivery."
Example
- 1. This is no futures scam , it 's a bureaucratic anomaly .
- 2. The losses reportedly stemmed from one-way bets on the direction of the market , using unhedged index futures .
- 3. So those who are now betting the ranch in commodity futures markets are likely to lose their shirts .
- 4. Many of these funds only focus on longer dated futures contracts .
- 5. Oil futures have slid 16 % since cresting at $ 114 a barrel in may .