stock option
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the right to buy or sell a stock at a specified price within a stated period
Types & categories
- option hypernym
- call option hyponym
- put option hyponym
Sense 2 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
Types & categories
- benefit hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | option |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | call option |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | put option |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | benefit |