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• ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY PROCEDURE (ADP)
  
  A provision of a futures contract that allows buyers and sellers to make and take delivery under terms or conditions that differ from those prescribed in the con-tract. An ADP may occur at any time during the delivery period, after long and short futures positions have been matched by the Exchange for the purpose of delivery.
  
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