contango
/kənˈtæŋgəʊ/noun
mass noun
1- Stock Exchange Brit. the normal situation in which the spot or cash price of a commodity is lower than the forward price.【股票】〈英〉期货溢价, 期货升水。常与BACKWARDATION相对。
1.1
- historical a percentage paid by a buyer of stock to postpone transfer to a future settling day〈史〉交易延期费, 延期日息。
词源
mid 19th cent.: probably an arbitrary formation on the pattern of Latin verb forms ending in -o in the first person singular, perhaps with the idea 'I make contingent' （see CONTINGENT）.