The purchase or sale of a futures contract as a temporary substitute for a cash market transaction to be made at a later date. (altavest.com)
I decided to expand the very basic 3 ETF system that looks at the relative strength return of GLD (Gold), SPY (S&P 500), and SHY (Barclays Low Duration Treasury ETF, a close substitute for cash) to 13 ETFs. (scottsinvestments.com)
Companies, especially start - ups or early - stage companies, are often cash poor, so they give consultants stock or stock options (called «equity») to substitute for cash payments they can not offer now. (sciencemag.org)