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 once corresponded closely to the capacity of a railroad car. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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A contract or unit of trading. Originally, one contract, or "car," was the quantity of a commodity that would fill a railroad car. See also lot. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary
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CAR CAR
FINANCE the abbreviation for capital adequacy ratio
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CAR UK US noun BANKING, FINANCE
► ABBREVIATION for CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO(Cf. ↑capital adequacy ratio)
Financial and business terms. 2012.