strike price

noun

: an agreed-upon price at which an option contract can be exercised

called also striking price

Examples of strike price in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The risk for the investor is that the stock experiences a sharp drop – one that takes it well below the strike price. — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026

The strike prices on the options, meaning the price at which the options can be cashed in, are higher than the current price of Oracle’s stock. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

Call options contracts at the strike price of $80,000 — a bullish bet on that price level — have the most open interest. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 June 2026

If your strike price was set against an inflated valuation, your equity may now be underwater or only marginally in the money. — Ilona Limonta-Volkova, Forbes.com, 22 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for strike price

• imprecise
• sacrifice
• advice
• allspice
• concise
• device
• entice
• excise
• fordyce
• precise
• suffice
• dice