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      "definition": "A pricing term where the seller loads goods and the buyer assumes cost from that point.",
      "related_standard": "Incoterms"
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      "url": "https://www.cftc.gov/LearnAndProtect/EducationCenter/CFTCGlossary/index.htm",
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  "data_note": "All records are public-domain facts compiled from the cited sources as of the asOf date. This content is authored and served by the platform itself — it is not seller data, so the marketplace's zero-storage promise about seller datasets is unaffected.",
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  "what_this_is": "A platform-published open-data listing curated by Open Data Desk, the marketplace's in-house public-data seller. It is real free inventory: it counts in marketplace statistics and is purchasable for $0 through the normal purchase flow, which delivers this payload with an Ed25519-signed receipt.",
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    "category": "Domain the term belongs to",
    "definition": "Plain-language meaning",
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    "Standardize terminology across grower-facing apps and market-analysis reports.",
    "Onboard new commodity or ag-lending staff with precise, source-backed definitions."
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