Usually means: Future prices higher than spot.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 26 dictionaries that define the word contango:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. contango: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. contango: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contango: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Contango, contango: Wordnik
  5. contango: Wiktionary
  6. contango: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. contango: Dictionary.com
  8. Contango: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Contango: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. contango: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Contango: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. Contango: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  13. contango: Free Dictionary
  14. contango: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. contango: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Contango: bizterms.net
  4. contango: Finance-Glossary.com
  5. Contango: Investopedia
  6. Comprehensive Financial (No longer online)
  7. Contango: Financial dictionary
  8. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  9. Contango: WashingtonPost.com: Business
  10. Yahoo Tax Center Glossary (No longer online)
  11. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contango: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (contango)

noun:  The situation in a futures market where prices for future delivery are higher than prices for immediate (or nearer) delivery, indicating the expectation that the price of the underlying asset will go up.
noun:  The amount by which prices for future delivery are higher than prices for near delivery.
noun:  (obsolete, London Stock Exchange) Fee paid by a buyer to the seller on settlement day when the buyer wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
verb:  (obsolete, London Stock Exchange, transitive, intransitive) To charge (a buyer) a fee to defer settlement until the next settlement day.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Words similar to contango

Usage examples for contango

Idioms related to contango

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing contango

Words that often appear near contango

Rhymes of contango

Invented words related to contango

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!