netting
Definition
Settlement of mutual obligations between two parties (called bilateral netting) or with a third party acting as a clearing house (called multilateral netting) where the net difference (not the gross amounts) is carried forward. Netting is a common practice in trading of foreign exchange, futures, and options.
netting is in the Accounting & Auditing, Banking, Commerce & Finance, Commodities & Precious Metals Trading, Currency Trading and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.
netting appears in the definitions of the following terms: bilateral netting and interest
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