Futures Definition–noun | 1. | time that is to be or come hereafter. |
| 2. | something that will exist or happen in time to come: The future is rooted in the past. |
| 3. | a condition, esp. of success or failure, to come: Some people believe a gypsy can tell you your future. |
| 4. | Grammar.
| b. | another future formation or construction. |
| c. | a form in the future, as He will come. |
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| 5. | Usually, futures. speculative purchases or sales of commodities for future receipt or delivery. |
–adjective | 6. | that is to be or come hereafter: future events; on some future day. |
| 7. | pertaining to or connected with time to come: one's future prospects; future plans. |
| 8. | Grammar. noting or pertaining to a tense or other verb formation or construction that refers to events or states in time to come. |
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Trading Definition–noun | 1. | the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade. |
| 2. | a purchase or sale; business deal or transaction. |
| 3. | an exchange of items, usually without payment of money. |
| 4. | any occupation pursued as a business or livelihood. |
| 5. | some line of skilled manual or mechanical work; craft: the trade of a carpenter; printer's trade. |
| 6. | people engaged in a particular line of business: a lecture of interest only to the trade. |
| 7. | market: an increase in the tourist trade. |
| 8. | a field of business activity: a magazine for the furniture trade. |
| 9. | the customers of a business establishment. |
–verb (used with object) | 12. | to buy and sell; barter; traffic in. |
| 13. | to exchange: to trade seats. |
–verb (used without object)
| 15. | to traffic (usually fol. by in): a tyrant who trades in human lives. |
| 17. | to make one's purchases; shop; buy. |
–adjective | 18. | of or pertaining to trade or commerce. |
| 19. | used by, serving, or intended for a particular trade: trade journal. |
| 20. | Also, trades. of, composed of, or serving the members of a trade: a trade club. |
—Verb phrases| 21. | trade down, to exchange a more valuable or desirable item for a less valuable or desirable one. |
| 22. | trade in, to give (a used article) as payment to be credited toward a purchase: We trade in our car every three years. |
| 23. | trade off, to exchange something for or with another. |
| 24. | trade on or upon, to turn to one's advantage, esp. selfishly or unfairly; exploit: to trade on the weaknesses of others. |
| 25. | trade up, to exchange a less valuable or desirable item for a more valuable or desirable one. |
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The futures market may be a convenient scapegoat, but it's simply a price discovery mechanism. Major energy consumers – refiners, airlines – buy and sell these contracts to lock in goods at a future price, as a hedge against volatility. Essentially, they're guesses about coming oil supply and demand, as well as the rate of inflation. The political theory is that such futures trading is creating a bubble in the spot market (i.e., oil purchased for immediate delivery) beyond oil fundamentals. Thu |
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