next-month delivery; delivery in the following month
Financial term used in futures or commodity trading to refer to a contract month that is the month after the current month.
中限りの取引は、当限りや先限りと区別される。
Next-month delivery transactions are distinguished from spot-month and forward-month transactions.
Compound of 中 (naka, 'middle') and 限り (kagiri, 'limit' or 'period'), referring to the middle contract month in a sequence of delivery months.