Prompt

/pɹɒmpt/ · adjective

Meaning

Quick; acting without delay..

Definitions by Sense

1. Quick; acting without delay.
2. On time; punctual.
3. (archaic) Ready; willing to act.
4. (finance) Front: closest or nearest, in futures trading.
5. A reminder or cue.
6. (business, dated) A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods.
7. (transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
8. (transitive) To say (something) in order to help or encourage someone to speak.

Example Sentences

He was very prompt at getting a new job.

a prompt response

Be prompt for your appointment.

Tell him, I am prompt / To lay my Crowne at's feete, and there to kneele.

When physical crude oil transactions are priced, they are usually marked to the prompt month futures contract. The prompt month futures contract is the next futures contract to settle.

The settlement ratio is determined as follows: i) If the prompt futures price of coal at maturity is less than or equal to the floor price, the ratio will be one.

To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months.

I prompted him to get a new job.

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Word Forms

• more prompt
• most prompt
• prompts
• prompting
• prompted

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