fixed price
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- fixed-price adjective
Etymology
Origin of fixed price
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Defense, Space & Security’s profitability has been depressed for a while, partly because of fixed price contracts that have declined in value as inflation raised costs.
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To meet its electricity target, the tech company uses what are known as corporate power purchase agreements, or PPAs, where companies agree a long-term contract with a renewable energy provider to buy power at a fixed price.
Call options give the holder the right to buy a stock for a fixed price in the future.
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Call options give the holder the right to buy a stock for a fixed price in the future.
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Having an options straddle position means simultaneously buying a call option, which gives the holder the right to buy shares of a company at a fixed price at a date in the future, and a put option, which gives the holder the right to sell shares at a date in the future.
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