CONTANGO Definition

CONTANGO is the commission paid by a buyer for the postponement of a transaction on a stock exchange when prices for future delivery are higher than those for cash or spot transactions. The opposite is backwardation.

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TCO see TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP.

FOOT A COLUMN is to add a column of numbers.  To test footing is to add the column again to check accuracy.

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