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forward delivery

American  

noun

Commerce.

  1. delivery at a future date.

forward delivery British  

noun

  1. (in commerce) delivery at a future date

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Etymology

Origin of forward delivery

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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TALLOW.—The demand on the spot is not improved and the price unaltered, 41s. 9d. to 42s.; for forward delivery there is rather more disposition to purchase.

From The Economist Volume 1, No. 3 by Wilson, James

"If I were you, I would sell right along for forward delivery at a few cents under the market."

From Winston of the Prairie by Dunton, W. Herbert

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