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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'backwardation' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions backwardation noun  the situation in a futures market where prices for future delivery are lower than prices for immediate (or nearer) delivery. Generally arising from a near-term shortage of a commodity. 1991: gold has never gone into backwardation in any currency — Reginald H. Howe, The Golden Sextant http://www.goldensextant.com/goldensextant.html (obsolete, London Stock Exchange) fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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