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Commodity exchange
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Commodity exchange
discount
Financial services; Commodity exchange
(1) The amount a price would be reduced to purchase a commodity of lesser grade; (2) sometimes used to refer to the price differences between futures of different delivery months, as in the phrase ...
commission
Financial services; Commodity exchange
(1) The charge made by a commission house for buying and selling commodities; (2) the CFTC.
commodity-linked bond
Financial services; Commodity exchange
A bond in which payment to the investor is dependent on the price level of such commodities as crude oil, gold, or silver at maturity.
Commodity Credit Corp
Financial services; Commodity exchange
A branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, established in 1933, that supervises the government's farm loan and subsidy programs.
bucket shop
Financial services; Commodity exchange
A brokerage enterprise which "books" (i.e., takes the opposite side of) a customer's order without actually having it executed on an exchange.
margin call
Financial services; Commodity exchange
A call from a clearinghouse to a clearing member, or from a brokerage firm to a customer, to bring margin deposits up to a required minimum level.
forward cash contract
Financial services; Commodity exchange
A cash contract in which a seller agrees to deliver a specific cash commodity to a buyer sometime in the future. Forward contracts, in contrast to futures contracts, are privately negotiated and are ...
