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

Examples of stock option in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But those chances started trickling upwards last fall, when Musk surpassed the $500 billion in net worth mark in October and hit an over $700 billion milestone in December after the Delaware Supreme Court restored Tesla stock options that were previously struck down by a lower court. —Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 29 May 2026

ByteDance is offering special stock options to its AI team to prevent defections, and one Chinese robotics startup advertised an $18 million salary for a chief scientist. —semafor.com, 29 May 2026

Prosecutors claimed Kim and Messenger agreed to pay Burke a $500,000 salary with stock options projected to be worth millions of dollars. —ABC News, 19 May 2026

The proposal would limit executives and administrators at hospitals and physician groups to no more than $450,000 in total annual compensation, including bonuses, stock options and company vehicles. —Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for stock option

• adoption

Legal Definition

stock option

see also:

option sense 3