commodity futures

Definition

› FINANCE, STOCK MARKET formal agreements to buy or sell a commodity at an agreed price on a particular date in the future: Bigger projected corn and soybean crops pulled commodity futures lower. commodity futures contracts.

(Definition of commodity futures noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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