The specified month within which a futures contract matures and can be settled by delivery. 指根据规定合约到期可以开始进行交割的具体月份。
Retail buyers ratcheted up purchases of coins, and institutions began taking physical delivery of the metal from exchanges. 散户投资者在大举买进金币,而机构投资者则开始从交易所吃进实物交割黄金。