What's the difference between buyer and contango?

Buyer


Definition:

  • (n.) One who buys; a purchaser.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "Seller reports are key to identifying bad buyers and ridding them from our marketplace," says eBay.
  • (2) Car manufacturers, for example, are not allowed to insist that buyers only get their car serviced by them.
  • (3) "We have concerns that a potential buyer looking at a property may not value the improvements carried out under Green Deal and may not want to pay for them," a mortgage industry source told the Observer .
  • (4) You could also chat to local estate agents to get an idea of what kind of extension, if any, would appeal to buyers in your area.
  • (5) Source: Mediacells (Or view the map at OpenHeatMap ) At the other end of the scale, a number of countries will see proportionately few new buyers - suggesting that the remaining featurephone owners are declining to upgrade to more powerful phones.
  • (6) In the past when banks have been bought, there has been a period where the cover has applied to accounts held in both the "bought" bank and the buyer to give customers who now have more than £85,000 in a single institution time to move the excess.
  • (7) My colleague Sean Farrell reported last night that the Scottish government had been looking for a buyer for the site .
  • (8) It will make entering the market more difficult still for new buyers, further highlighting the importance of the right timing, advice, support and financial planning; and not just having a mum and dad who bought a house, but a grandparent, too.” Average UK house price reaches £288,000 Read more The average property price in the UK, currently £283,565, is expected to double by 2030, breaking through the £500,000 mark to £557,444.
  • (9) A 20% discount will save the average first-time buyer £43,000 on a £218,000 home (the average cost paid by such buyers), which would leave a revenue shortfall of £8bn from income if current regulatory obligations had been retained on the 200,000 homes.
  • (10) News International executives are also understood to have been testing the water for a potentially swift launch of a Sunday edition of the Sun as a replacement for NoW, which published the final issue in its 168-year history on Sunday, in conversations with advertisers and media buyers.
  • (11) According to Hometrack, in autumn 2012 buyers were paying between 92% and 95% of the asking prices, but that does not mean you should expect that for yours.
  • (12) The main plans include: • a scheme to help buyers secure mortgages of up to 95% loan-to-value.
  • (13) He was bidding on behalf of an unknown and clearly stupendously rich buyer.
  • (14) This means 9 in 10 first time buyers will pay no stamp duty at all.
  • (15) There’s no question we’re looking at a world very much in transition,” he says, “and we’re seeing more buyers who want more original series.” Thanks to the increasing popularity of UK shows and actors in the US, doors have been thrown wide open.
  • (16) A national random sample of 1,017 new-car buyers was surveyed.
  • (17) Those who bought "luxury' villas for €1m in the good times would be lucky to get a third for them now – if, that is, they could ever find a buyer happy to tolerate living on an unfinished complex.
  • (18) Labour’s promise of a stamp duty holiday for first-time buyers will lead to higher house prices.
  • (19) In that context, the amount paid for late-career work like Women of Algiers is probably a good investment; while it has nowhere near the raw energy of early masterpieces such as Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) or the significance of mid-career icons such as Guernica (1937), in an international market where the artist’s name casts a spell on potential buyers, it’s a respectable piece that can be immediately identified as a “Picasso”.
  • (20) He advises first-time buyers not to rush in: "Try and save as much as you can: having a bigger deposit will not only mean you can get a mortgage, but also secure you a better rate."

Contango


Definition:

  • (n.) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day.
  • (n.) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See Backwardation.

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