option : Idioms & Phrases

• an option allowed to one who contracts to buy stocks at a certain future date and at a certain price, to demand the delivery of the stock (giving one day's notice) at any previous time at the market price.

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• noun an option to buy
  
• noun the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
  call.
  

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• noun the selection of a new member (usually by a vote of the existing membership)
  co-optation.
  
• noun the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent)
  co-optation.
  

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• noun a put or call option backed by the shares underlying the option
  

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• noun an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified
  default.
  

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• noun an option granted to corporate executives if the company achieves certain financial goals
  incentive option.
  

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• noun an option granted to corporate executives if the company achieves certain financial goals
  incentive option.
  

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• noun freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction
  

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• the right or obligation of determining by popular vote within certain districts, as in each county, city, or town, whether the sale of alcoholic beverages within the district shall be allowed.

Webster 1913

• noun an option to buy the crown jewels offered to a white knight in order to forestall a hostile takeover
  

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• noun a put or call option for which the seller or buyer has no underlying security position
  

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• noun an option to sell
  
• noun the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
  put.
  

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• an option allowed to one who contracts to deliver stock art a certain price on a certain future date, to deliver it (giving one day's notice) at any previous time at the market price. Such options are privileges for which a consideration is paid.

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• noun an easier alternative
  
  • the instructor took the soft option and gave the boy a passing grade

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• noun the right to buy or sell a stock at a specified price within a stated period
  
• noun a benefit given by a company to an employee in the form of an option to buy stock in the company at a discount or at a fixed price
  
  • stock options are not much use as an incentive if the price at which they can be exercised is out of reach

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