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 democratic socialist also pointed out that the former governor failed to disclose $2.6 million in stock options on his city filings.
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
When a company engages in equity transactions, whether issuing employee stock options, facilitating a secondary trade or repurchasing shares, the implications on its valuation can be substantial.
—Meenal Aggarwal, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Colter will play a lawyer fired by a Silicon Valley start-up intending to cheat him out of his stock options.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2025
If courts again wipe out his original 2018 award of 303 million stock options, Musk gets to keep the new 96 million shares, worth about $29 billion at the current stock price.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
When a company engages in equity transactions, whether issuing employee stock options, facilitating a secondary trade or repurchasing shares, the implications on its valuation can be substantial.
—Meenal Aggarwal, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Colter will play a lawyer fired by a Silicon Valley start-up intending to cheat him out of his stock options.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2025
If courts again wipe out his original 2018 award of 303 million stock options, Musk gets to keep the new 96 million shares, worth about $29 billion at the current stock price.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Stock option.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20option. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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