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Definition of Contangos
1. contango [n] - See also: contango
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contangos
Literary usage of Contangos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1876)
"How, if he were right, should such things as ' fortnightly account,' differences,' '
contangos,' and all the other adjuncts of pure speculation, ..."
2. Evolution of Credit and Banks in France from the Founding of the Bank of by André Liesse (1909)
"3. Marketing of the bonds of the Credit Foncier. 4. Loans on " contangos " on
the Bourse which made the interest rate on these ..."
3. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1876)
"... of some fellow-fool speculating on the other side with some money made by
labour, or such part of it as interest, commissions, fees, ' contangos ' and ..."
4. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"... of perfect adepts in gambling; the victimizing of miserable outsiders, who
dream that they are getting the counsels of moral purity ; contangos and ..."
5. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1873)
"[See as to notes (n) and (b) Fustel de contangos, La Cite' Antique.] (a)
Montesquieu's Esprit des Lois, i. lib. 2, c. 2; Grand, et Decad. des Rom. c. 9. ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1876)
"... extent that appears incredible, from some firm of covetous and confiding
brokers, on a running account which has been kept open by the aid of contangos ..."
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