stock option
noun
1
: an option contract involving stock
2
: a right granted by a corporation to officers or employees as a form of compensation that allows purchase of corporate stock at a fixed price usually within a specified period
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The performance stock options vest over the coming five years and can only be excised once UMG’s stock hits certain thresholds.
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Elizabeth Dilts Marshall, Billboard, 16 May 2024
Executive tiers can include substantial bonuses and stock options.
—Tariq Samad, IEEE Spectrum, 9 May 2024
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Elizabeth Dilts Marshall, Billboard, 16 May 2024
Executive tiers can include substantial bonuses and stock options.
—Tariq Samad, IEEE Spectrum, 9 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for stock option
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“Stock option.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20option. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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