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Lot
LotThe amount of a commodity or financial instrument which can be traded in a futures or option market. Also known as contract size. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Commodity A commodity is food, metal, or another fixed physical substance that investors buy or sell, usually via futures contracts. Futures Contracts covering the sale of financial instruments or physical commodities for future delivery on a commodity exchange. Option The right but not the obligation to buy or sell a fixed quantity of a commodity, currency or security at a fixed price on or until a particular date. Market 1) The total demand for a good. 2) The set of all actual and potential buyers of a good or service. 3) The place where people buy and sell. 4) The process by which buyers and sellers of goods, services and factors of production interact to determine prices and quantifies. Contract A term of reference describing a unit of trading for a financial or commodity future. Also, the actual bilateral agreement between the buyer and seller of a transaction as defined by an exchange. Size Refers to the magnitude of an offering, an order, or a trade. Large as in the size of an offering, the size of an order, or the size of a trade. Size is relative from market to market and security to security. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Loss leader pricing Selling a popular product at a loss, hoping to attract customers who will also buy other products. Loss leader strategy The strategy of offering a product or service at a considerable discount and loss of profit in order to attract future business. Loss of income insurance Insurance in which the insured is covered against loss of income. Loss payee A party to whom an insurance loss payment or insurance settlement may be directly paid. Loss ratio The ratio of losses paid or accrued by an issuer to premiums collected over a year. Lot Louvre Accord 1987 agreement between countries to attempt to stabilize the value of the US dollar. Low It means the lowest price (daily, weekly, monthly, historically etc). Low balance method A method of calculating interest on the basis of the lowest balance of an account over the applicable period. Low ball Slang for making an offer well below the fair value of an asset in hopes that the seller may be desperate to sell. Low coupon bond refunding Refunding of a low-coupon bond with a new, higher-coupon bond. We thank you for using the Financial Dictionary to search for Lot. If you have a better definition for Lot than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Lot may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Lot and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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