spot market
noun [C] (also cash market, also spot cash market)Definition
› FINANCE, MONEY a market for currencies or commodities in which they are sold and given to the buyer immediately, rather than being sold forward (= to be taken on a future date): Crude oil prices fell to just over $26 a barrel yesterday on New York's spot markets. → Compare futures market
(Definition of spot market noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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