contango
noun
(on the London stock exchange) a fee paid by a buyer of securities to the seller for the privilege of deferring payment.
contangoes
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pluralof contango.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Continuā′tion, constant succession: extension; Continuā′tion-day, the same as Contango-day, that on which contangoes are fixed.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Basking in the smiles of his Dolly, he gradually forgot stocks, shares, backwardations, and contangoes.
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles
