futures

British  

/ ˈfjuːtʃəz /

plural noun

1. 1. commodities or other financial products bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date See also financial futures

   2. ( as modifier )

      futures contract

      futures market

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futures Cultural  

1. A contract to buy or sell a specified amount of a commodity or financial instrument at an agreed price at a set date in the future. If the price for the commodity or financial instrument rises between the contract date and the future date, the investor will make money; if it declines, the investor will lose money. The term also refers to the market for such contracts.

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Example Sentences

Oil futures settled higher in choppy rangebound trade, helped by rising winter fuel demand and easing tensions between the U.S. and Europe over Greenland.

From The Wall Street Journal

Find insight on gold futures, U.K. miners and more in the latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials.

From The Wall Street Journal

It has mining companies willing to finance new plants to secure their own futures.

From MarketWatch

Taken in isolation, the Brook incident probably has little relevance to the futures of Key and McCullum.

From BBC

In five of the six years before 2025 that gold futures rose by at least 20%, they climbed again the following year.

From The Wall Street Journal