stock option

/stɑk ˌɑpʃən/

Other forms: stock options

Definitions of stock option

1. noun

   the right to buy or sell a stock at a specified price within a stated period
   types:

   call option

   an option to buy

   put option

   an option to sell

   type of:

   option

   the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited
2. noun

   a benefit given by a company to an employee in the form of an option to buy stock in the company at a discount or at a fixed price
   “stock options are not much use as an incentive if the price at which they can be exercised is out of reach”

   type of:

   benefit

   financial assistance in time of need