Stock option

Stock option
An option in which the underlying is the common stock of a corporation. The New York Times Financial Glossary

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   ► See Equity Options.

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stock option UK US noun [C] STOCK MARKET, FINANCE
► [usually plural] (also share option) a contract for the right to buy and sell shares at a later date or within a certain period at a particular price: »

It's like persuading people to buy stock options back immediately after the 1987 stock market crash.

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He netted over $217 million from the sale of stock options between 1998 and 2001.

→ Compare CALL OPTION(Cf. ↑call option), PUT OPTION(Cf. ↑put option)
► the right of an executive or other employee to buy shares in their company at a lower price than usual: »

The increased use of stock options makes it harder to gauge exactly what people are earning.

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The corporation proposes to implement an employee stock option plan for key employees.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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