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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Backwardation

/băkˌ-wẽrd-āsh'-ən/ · Back·war·da·tion · IPA /bækwəˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/
01 n. The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, …
  1. 1.
    The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango.(Stock Exchange) See: Contango