(FINANCE) a contractual obligation to buy or sell a fixed amount of a thing at a set price, at a specific time in the future.
Same as a futures contract.
Same as a futures contract.
SALES AGENT: I have this awesome product made in the USA I want to sell in Europe. It's cheap now, but what if the euro goes down against the dollar? I could lose a lot of money on inventory.
BROKER: No problem, just buy a future for the amount of US dollars you'll need to pay your suppliers.
SALES AGENT: You mean, a futures contract for dollars?
BROKER: Yes, a euro-pegged future for dollars. When the contract comes due, you pay the euros, they pay you the dollars, and BOOM! You're good to go. No risk.
BROKER: No problem, just buy a future for the amount of US dollars you'll need to pay your suppliers.
SALES AGENT: You mean, a futures contract for dollars?
BROKER: Yes, a euro-pegged future for dollars. When the contract comes due, you pay the euros, they pay you the dollars, and BOOM! You're good to go. No risk.
by Abu Yahya April 5, 2010
When you see a relationship with another person in a bf/gf manner. The relationship has no end in your eyes. You don't expect weeks or months, you expect years.
Yo she's the future.
Bitch is a hookup but that girl, she's future
Babygirl and I hung out last night, she's future man
Bitch is a hookup but that girl, she's future
Babygirl and I hung out last night, she's future man
by SwaggaJuice February 8, 2010
Dude 1: In the future, we will all die.
Dude 2: Damn! That means I wont get to go to some other place other than here.
Dude 2: Damn! That means I wont get to go to some other place other than here.
by Bligmahar February 4, 2010
The period of time that hasn't happened yet, that will be as different from today as today is from the past.
Person 1: It would be horrible to live 300 years ago. They didn't have cars or computers or medicine or anything, and the life expectancy was 40.
Person 2: 300 years ago, people said it would be horrible to live 600 years ago. 300 years in the future, they'll say it would be horrible to live now.
Person 2: 300 years ago, people said it would be horrible to live 600 years ago. 300 years in the future, they'll say it would be horrible to live now.
by 3standarddevs January 12, 2011
all your base is futurism.
by nuck123456789 January 14, 2011
Future is a term (adj.) to describe a something style, taste and languag as ahead of its time. Most commonly associated with a person who is eccentric or doesn't go with the flow, yet maintains their acceptance by society as cool.
by B.U.S.B.Y June 4, 2008