The open interest, in effect, is the number of contracts available for trading.

"A number of contracts are up or in their option year."

"Maybe they have to show the bank a certain number of contracts.

The season was canceled and a number of contracts had to be broken.

Although he won a large number of contracts, his bids were not always successful.

Notts+Derby operate a number of contracts for various people around the two counties.

The mechanism for doing this is to buy the same number of contracts that had been sold.

A number of contract stations also exist for retail services.

There have not yet been significant numbers of contracts awarded to international firms.

It is expected that the number of contracts, or employers, will also be reduced by 30 percent within the next six months.

During the recent price decline, the number of contracts sold short increased sharply.

Within this period, construction will be phased in a number of contracts.

In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of contract cities.

Since then, Velvet has gained a number of contracts to run other routes.

"We do not have the information on the number of contracts that may have been affected."

It won a number of contracts for hauling infrastructure trains.

Volume is usually measured as the total number of contracts traded during the specified time period.

Table 7.3 shows the responsible person specified in a number of contracts in common use.

"I went to this meeting once and they totaled the number of contracts Qwest had given," she said.

Number of contract defaults and the total dollar value.

It is market practice to determine the number of contract units as follows:

Later he won a number of contracts to build government buildings, including a one-room school, a police station and a courthouse.

"People are signing contracts now just to say they have X number of contracts," he said.

Nevertheless, the large number of contracts for sale could send the futures market into a tailspin.

After the hearing, she said the department had troubles because of the large number of contracts it monitors.