- delivery date
- Date by which a seller must fulfill the obligations of a forward or futures contract. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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delivery date UK US noun [C]► COMMERCE, TRANSPORT the date on which goods that have been bought will arrive at a place: »If you need your goods urgently, you should agree a delivery date at the point of sale and get it down in writing.
► the date on which a new product will become available: »The targeted delivery date of the operating system upgrade has already been delayed by at least six months.
► FINANCE the date by which an investment agreement must be finally completed, or in futures trading, when the shares or commodities (= goods) will be available to the buyer: »There will be an amount of accrued interest on the bond between the current date and the delivery date.
»Futures contracts are purchases or sales of goods for a specified delivery date in the future, at a price agreed today.
► the date by which a piece of work must be completed: »The committee has a tight deadline to work to, with a January delivery date for its report.
Financial and business terms. 2012.