spot market
a market in which commodities, as grain, gold, or crude oil, are dealt in for cash and immediate delivery (distinguished from futures market).
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How to use spot market in a sentence
The smallest commercial utility, Greater Minnesota Gas, said it had enough of a supply in storage in February and was able to avoid the spot market.
Minnesota gasps at the financial damage it faces from the Texas freeze | Will Englund | April 22, 2021 | Washington PostShe said the utilities should demonstrate why they had to rely so heavily on the spot market.
Minnesota gasps at the financial damage it faces from the Texas freeze | Will Englund | April 22, 2021 | Washington Post
British Dictionary definitions for spot market
commerce a market in which commodities, currencies, or securities are traded for immediate delivery: Compare forward market
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