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noun
a market in which commodities, as grain, gold, or crude oil, are dealt in for cash and immediate delivery (distinguished from futures market). QUIZ
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Origin of spot market
First recorded in 1935–40
Words nearby spot market
spot check,
spot height,
spotless,
spotlight,
spot line,
spot market,
spot meter,
spot news,
spot-on,
spot pass,
spot plate Dictionary.com Unabridged
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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.
She said the utilities should demonstrate why they had to rely so heavily on the spot market.
It may be fun and it may get them paid, until oversaturation ruins our sense for irony and destroys the market for it.
Paperback publishers distributed their titles in African-American neighborhoods because it expanded their market base.
Indeed, Lion Air, with 45 percent of the domestic Indonesian airline market, has swallowed the Fernandes formula whole.
Michael Steinbrick, a personal trainer with New York Sports Clubs, says he can always spot a newbie.
Expensive day care pushes women out of the labor market while men continue to work outside the home.
Suddenly, however, he became aware of a small black spot far ahead in the very middle of the unencumbered track.
There was a lathe near the spot where David Arden stood, and shavings and splinters under his feet.
We see the whole land, even if but at a distance, instead of being limited merely to the spot where our foot treads.
When the days were fine, Jean in his basket assisted at the dramatic performance in the market-place.
A lurid spot on each cheek showed burning red through the bronze of his skin.
British Dictionary definitions for spot market
noun
commerce a market in which commodities, currencies, or securities are traded for immediate deliveryCompare forward market Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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