Car - 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 used to correspond closely to the capacity of a railroad car.
Car : 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 used to correspond closely to the capacity of a railroad car.