HomeDefinitionsCompareDebt Open contractsThe financial definition for Open contracts:Contracts that have been bought or sold without completion of the transaction by subsequent sale or purchase, or by making or taking actual delivery of the financial instrument or physical commodity. Similar MatchesCash settlement contractsCash settlement contractsFutures contracts such as stock index futures that settle for cash and do not involve delivery of the underlying. Conditional sales contractsConditional sales contractsSimilar to equipment trust certificates, except that the lender is either the equipment manufacturer or a bank or finance company to which the manufacturer has sold the conditional sales contract. Long term forward contractsLong term forward contractsContracts that state exchange rate at which a specified amount of a particular currency can be exchanged at a future date (more than one year from today). Further SuggestionsNexus (of contracts)Nondeliverable Forward Contracts (NDF) Set of contracts perspective Click to compare definitions of Open contracts Click to view definitions beginning op |