[] () any investment that has a cash value and can be bought and sold in an organized system, such as shares, bonds, futures (= contracts to buy or sell a particular amount of sth at a particular time in the future for a particular price), etc.金融工具，金融票据（有现金价值并能在组织系统内进行买卖的任何投资，如股票、债券、期货等）◆In the city there are banks which trade in all types of financial instruments.这个城市有买卖各种金融工具的银行。◆New financial instruments, such as credit derivatives, are continually being created.新的金融工具正不断被创造出来，如信用衍生产品。SYNinstrument