FT MarketWatch

Contract

Definition 1 A binding agreement between two or more parties for performing, or refraining from performing, some specified act(s) in Exchange for lawful Consideration. Definition 2 The Unit of Trade for a financial or commodity future.

Related Terms: 9 Consideration, Exchange, ECI, FRA, FIN, Ratio, Trade, Unit, Unit of trade
Other Related Pages: Category: Law_and_Estate_Planning Starting With: C
Semi Related Terms: 469 CLICK HERE TO VIEW
1035 exchange, 12b-1 funds, Accredited Personal Financial Planning Specialist, Allowance for depreciation, Annuity unit, Asset/equity ratio, Above par, Accrual of discount, American Stock Exchange, Amortization of premium, At par, ABC agreement, All or any part, At best, At call, At risk, Add-on service, Abstract of title, Attorney in fact, Assignment of mortgage, A shares, Average price per share, At the money, Accumulation unit, Across the board, Additional paid-in capital, Ad valorem, Against the box, At the bell, At the close, At the figure, At the full, At the market, At the opening order, Away from the market, Below the line, Books of final entry, Books of original entry, Book value per share, Banking Act of 1933, Below par, Bid-to-cover ratio, Block trade, Bureau of Public Debt, Brought over the wall, Buying on margin, Buy on close, Buy on opening, Buy the book, Basic earnings per share, Balance of payments, Board of Governors, Breaking the syndicate, Bill of exchange, Bill of sale, Breach of trust, By the book, B shares, Buy-side, Breadth-of-market theory, Beat the gun, Cash asset ratio, Cash ratio, Collection ratio, Combined financial statement, Consolidated financial statement, Cost Of Goods Sold, Cost of sales, Certificate of Participation, Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures, Commodity-backed bond, Conversion ratio, Code of procedure, Crossed trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Capitalization of income, Cost of Living Adjustment, Cost-of-living index, Council of Economic Advisers, Cash and carry trade, Cash commodity, Chasing the market, Chicago Board of Trade, Commodities Exchange Act, Commodities Exchange Center, Commodity Exchange, Commodity futures, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commodity paper, Commodity pool, Commodity-product spread, Commodity Trading Advisor, Cost-of-living rider, Certificate of stock, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Common-law voting, Cost of carry, Certificate of title, Confidentiality agreement, Consideration, Contract for deed, Cancellation of debt, Certificate of Claim, Cost of debt capital, Cost of funds, C shares, Call ratio backspread, Class of options, Close to the money, Certificate of Occupancy, Cloud on title, Cash or Deferred Arrangement, Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Crash of 1929, Crash of 1987, Coefficient of determination, Certificate of delivery, Close a position, Cornering the market, Curbs in, Deposit in transit, Date of issue, Date of payment, Division of Enforcement, Division of Investment Management, Division of Market Regulation, Date of record, Dividend in arrears, Dividend payout ratio, Desk (the), Division of labor, De-escalation clause, De facto, Durable Power of Attorney, Date of maturity, Debtor in possession, Debtor-in-possession financing, Deed of Release, Deed of Trust, Discharge of bankruptcy, Discharge of lien, Due-on-sale clause, Deep in the money, Deep out of the money, Deed of Surrender, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Dogs of the Dow, Daylight trade, Day trade, Depth of market, Efficiency ratio, Eurodollar certificate of deposit, Exchange, Ex-legal, Either-or order, Exchange seat, European Currency Unit, Exchange rate, Effective par, ECI, Edge Act, E-mini, Exchange against actuals, Exchange for futures, Exchange for physical, Exchange of spot, Exchange versus cash, Ex-pit transaction, Employee stock repurchase agreement, Ex-all, Exchange ratio, Express agreement, Exchange fund, Exchange privilege, Exchange-traded option, Exercise ratio, Ex-warrants, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Exclusion ratio, Ex-rights, Ex-rights date, Exchange distribution, Financial Accounting Standards Board, Financial asset, Financial capital, Financial statement, First In First Out, Fixed-charge coverage ratio, Form 10-Q, Financial institution, Financial instrument, Flow of funds, Fill or kill, Financial analyst, Front-ending an order, Floating exchange rate, Foreign exchange, Foreign exchange rate, Forward exchange rate, Forward P/E, Fully diluted earnings per share, Factors of production, Favorable balance of trade, Federal Trade Commission, Free trade, Financial futures, Fee-for-service, Form 8-K, Form S-1, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Financial risk, Forward Rate Agreement, FRA, Family of funds, Financial advisor, Fund of funds, Federal Insurance Contributions Act, Free right of exchange, Federal ID Number, FIN, Forward trade, Glass-Steagall Act, G-7, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, G-8, Gather in the stops, Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976, Hit the bid, House of issue, Hypothecation agreement, Hedge ratio, Hang Seng Index, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Holder in due course, Hang out loan, High-ratio mortgage, Home equity line of credit, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, HUD-1 statement, Hammering the market, Held at the opening, Holding the market, In escrow, In-house, Investment Advisor Act of 1940, Investment Company Act of 1940, In line, International trade, Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984, Internal Rate of Return, Indication of interest, In intestacy, In play, In-process research and development, I/O strip, Income replacement ratio, In-service withdrawal, Imbalance of orders, In and out, In sympathy, In the tank, Jumping the gun, Last In First Out, Liquidity ratio, Lender of last resort, Law day, Law of one price, Lending at a rate, Limit-on-close order, Lawful money, Law of demand, Law of supply, London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange, Letter of comment, Line of credit, Loan-value ratio, Lock-in, Lease-purchase agreement, Leading the market, Like-kind exchange, Locked in, Long-term gain or loss, Level I quotes, Make a market, Margin agreement, Market if touched order, Market on close order, Medium of exchange, Money at call, Non-financial asset, Negotiable certificate of deposit, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal, New York Stock Exchange, Notice of Sale, National Association of Securities Dealers, National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system, National Securities Trade Association, Net capital ratio, New York Futures Exchange, Non-compete agreement, Non-disclosure agreement, Notice of Default, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Net change, Off the books, Overhead ratio, Office of Thrift Supervision, Out-of-favor, Over-the-Counter, On-floor order, On margin, Or better, Opinion of title, On account, On-the-spot loan, Out of the money, Occupancy agreement, On-balance volume, Odd lot buy/sell ratio, On close, On open, On the opening, Open trade equity, Option exchange, Pooling of interests, Par bond, Payment-in-kind security, Price Value of a Basis Point, Payment for order flow, Payout ratio, P&L, Primary earnings per share, Provision for income taxes, Physical commodity, Per stirpes, Power of Attorney, Prioritization of debt, Pairs trade, Purchase agreement, Prudent Expert Act, Paid-in capital, Paid-in surplus, Private Investment in Public Equity, Preservation of capital, Put ratio backspread, Profit ratio, Painting the tape, Primary exchange, Put/call ratio, Return of capital, Return on Capital, Return on Invested Capital, Return on Total Assets, Reserve ratio, Reading the tape, Real-time trade reporting, Regulation D, Regulation G, Regulation T, Regulation U, Round of funding, Rule 15c3-1, Rules of Fair Practice, Rate of exchange, Reciprocal of European terms, Ratio, Regulation A, Right of first refusal, Right of rescission, Revolving line of credit, Right of recourse, Rule of 78, Ratio calendar combination, Ratio calendar spread, Ratio spread, Ratio write, Right of redemption, Retirement Equity Act of 1984, Risk/return trade-off, Ratio analysis, Return on Capital Employed, Rate of return, Real rate of return, Regional exchange, Repurchase agreement, Reverse repurchase agreement, SG&A, Sight letter of credit, S&L, Securities and Exchange Commission, Series EE bond, Segregation of securities, Sell-side analyst, Sell the book, Specialist unit, Standard of living, Supply-side economics, Soft commodity, Spot commodity, Short interest ratio, Stock exchange, Statute of Limitations, Supplemental agreement, Satisfaction of debt, Staggered board of directors, Selling the spread, Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees, Selling short against the box, Shorting against the box, Swing trade, S Corporation, Short-term gain or loss, Subchapter M, Subchapter S Corporation, Schedule C, Securities Act of 1933, Securities Acts Amendments of 1975, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Seek a market, S&P phenomenon, T-Bill, Trade, Take a position, Two-sided market, Two-way market, Trailing P/E, Trade barrier, Trade deficit, Trade surplus, Trade house, Tenancy by the entirety, Truth in Lending, Two-step mortgage, Tenancy at will, The Street, Timing the market, Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Tax Reform Act of 1986, Tax Reform Act of 1993, Take a bath, Trade date, U.S. Government Agency Security, U.S. Savings Bond, U.S. Treasury, U.S. Treasury Bill, U.S. Treasury Bond, U.S. Treasury Note, U.S. Treasury Securities, Unit, Underwriting agreement, Uniform Securities Act, Uniform submission agreement, Unit Investment Trust, Unit Trust, Unit of trade, Unit of trading, Valuable consideration, Variable ratio write, Variable ratio plan, Williams Act, World Trade Organization, Waiver of premium, W-2 Form, W formation, When, as, and if issued, X or XD, Y shares