futures

n. contracts to buy or sell certain goods on a specified future date at a preset price

n. coming time, coming events

Futures may mean:Futures contract, a tradable financial contractFutures exchange, in financeFutures studies, reflects on how today’s changes (or the lack thereof) become tomorrow’s realityFutures (tennis), minor professional tennis eventsFutures (album), a 2004 album by Jimmy Eat World"Futures (song)", a song from the above album released as a singleFutures (journal), an international, refereed, multidisciplinary journal about futures studiesFutures (magazine), a magazine about Futures, Commodities & OptionsFuture (programming), also known as a promise
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Noun
1. the time yet to come
(synonym) hereafter, futurity, time to come
(antonym) past, past times, yesteryear, yore
(hypernym) time
(hyponym) kingdom come
2. a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
(synonym) future tense
(hypernym) tense
3. bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
(hypernym) commodity, trade goods, goods
(hyponym) oil future, petroleum future
Adjective
1. yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him"
(antonym) past
(similar) approaching, coming(a), forthcoming, upcoming
(see-also) incoming
(attribute) timing
2. effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities"
(similar) prospective
3. coming at a subsequent time or stage; "the future president entered college at the age of 16"; "awaiting future actions on the bill"; "later developments"; "without ulterior argument"
(synonym) future(a), later(a), ulterior
(similar) subsequent
4. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president"
(synonym) future(a), next, succeeding(a)
(similar) incoming
5. a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened; "future auxiliary"
(pertainym) future tense
(classification) grammar

adj. future, prospective

A term used to designate all contracts covering the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities for future delivery on a commodity exchange.