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cash market

 
 
noun [C] (also spot market)

Definition

FINANCE, STOCK MARKET a financial market in which products are sold and delivered immediately, rather than one in which agreements are made for products to be delivered at some time in the future: Most trading in this predominantly cash market is still done over the telephone. → Compare spot market
(Definition of cash market noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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