anagreementfor thesaleofcurrencies,goods, etc. at afixedpriceto be given to abuyeron afuturedate(Definition offorward contractfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofforward contract
forward contractThe spot rate has to be locked onto before the starting date of the forward toforwardcontract.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is treated as a prepaid contract (such as aforwardcontract) for tax purposes.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Under the total return swap orforwardcontractthe parties will usually take contrary positions on the price movements of a property index.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A repo is almost equivalent to a spot sale combined with aforwardcontract.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The left side corresponds to a portfolio of long a call and short a put, while the right side corresponds to aforwardcontract.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Such an agreement performs a function equivalent to aforwardcontractor futures.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A closely related contract is aforwardcontract.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Both parties could enter into aforwardcontractwith each other.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Aforwardcontractwill lock in an exchange rate today at which the currency transaction will occur at the future date.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The spot price of the asset is simply the market value at the instant in time when theforwardcontractis entered into.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/forward-contract##
