STOCK-INDEX FUTURES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stock-index futures mean? 

• STOCK-INDEX FUTURES (noun)
  The noun STOCK-INDEX FUTURES has 1 sense:

1. a futures contract based on a stock index; a bet on the future price of the indexed group of stocks

  Familiarity information: STOCK-INDEX FUTURES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOCK-INDEX FUTURES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A futures contract based on a stock index; a bet on the future price of the indexed group of stocks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("stock-index futures" is a kind of...):

futures contract (an agreement to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity or financial instrument at a particular price on a stipulated future date; the contract can be sold before the settlement date)