Definition of stock option
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: an option contract involving stock
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: 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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More than half that compensation came from stock option gains made by 22 CEOs on the list.
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Patrick Kennedy, Star Tribune, 17 July 2021
Given her limited time on staff, though, Santori received a humble four-figure stock option.
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Lauren Smiley, Wired, 22 June 2021
The award, called a profits interest, is similar to a stock option and gives Mr. Neumann gains above a certain minimum share price.
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Eliot Brown, WSJ, 27 May 2021
The employees receive 100% of the funding for their stock option package and the taxes needed to be paid, and in return the investors and employees share the future gains upon a liquidity event.
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Gary Drenik, Forbes, 13 May 2021
Argent provides individuals, families, businesses and institutions a range of wealth management services, including trust and estate planning, investment management, employee stock option plans and retirement-plan consulting.
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Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2021
What kind of stock option or equity incentive plan does the company have?
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Allbusiness, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
Read your stock option plan’s rules carefully, and consider seeking professional financial advice.
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Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2021
Kodak said the stock option grants were approved by shareholders in May and issued July 27 to preserve the value Continenza had already earned before the dilution triggered by the conversion of old debt.
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CBS News, 5 Aug. 2020
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“Stock option.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20option. Accessed 25 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of stock option was in 1877
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