futures
USFYOO-churz/ˈfju.t͡ʃɚz/UKFYOO-chuhz/ˈfjuː.t͡ʃə(ɹ)z/
- 1Plural of future. Use this when talking about more than one possible time to come.
The game lets you explore many different futures for your character.
Scientists imagine many possible futures for our planet.
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- 2Short form of futures contract. These are deals to buy or sell something at a set price on a later date.
He buys and sells futures to make money on price changes.
Many farmers use futures to lock in a price before harvest.
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futures is a form of future
future, noun: The time after now, and the things that will happen then. Full entry
- Forms
- futurefutures plural
- Spelling
- future → futures: add -s
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Origin
A short way of saying "futures contract."