forward delivery

American

noun

Commerce.

delivery at a future date.

forward delivery British

noun

(in commerce) delivery at a future date

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Etymology

Origin of forward delivery

First recorded in 1925–30

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forward delivery

"If I were you, I would sell right along for forward delivery at a few cents under the market."

From Winston of the Prairie by W. Herbert Dunton

TALLOW.—The demand on the spot is not improved and the price unaltered, 41s. 9d. to 42s.; for forward delivery there is rather more disposition to purchase.

From The Economist Volume 1, No. 3 by James Wilson

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