CAR


Meaning of CAR in English

A loose quantity term sometimes used to describe the amount of a commodity underlying one commodity contract ; e.g., "a car of bellies." Derived from the fact that quantities of the product specified in a contract used to correspond closely to the capacity of a railroad car.

Campbell R. Harvey. Hypertextual finance English glossary.      Английский словарь гипертекстовых финансов.