nearby
/ˌnɪə(ɹ)ˈbaɪ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A futures contract, of a particular group, whose settlement date is the earliest.
Example Sentences
- "He stopped at a nearby store for some groceries."
- "Seals are flourishing about 50 miles farther south, too. In 2021, a group of grey seals established the first seal colony in nearby Suffolk and began breeding on a remote shingle beach at Orford Ness, now a National Trust site but once the location for cold war weapons-testing."
- "I'm glad my friends live nearby where I can visit them."
- "In each of these markets the nearbys are almost invariably at a discount — a discount that tends to widen in bull markets and narrow in bear markets."
- "The deferred contract should be expected to rise, and buying the deferred while selling the nearby is then profitable."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ner-bi
Inflected Forms
more nearby (comparative)
most nearby (superlative)
near-by (alternative)
near by (alternative)
nearbys (plural)