stock option
noun [ C ]
STOCK MARKET, FINANCE ukus [ 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.
He netted over $217 million from the sale of stock options between 1998 and 2001.
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call option
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.
The corporation proposes to implement an employee stock option plan for key employees.