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

Examples of stock option in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Tesla shareholders will vote next week to ratify Musk’s stock option grant for a second time after a judge rescinded the award in January. Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 7 June 2024 The lawsuit comes as Tesla is seeking shareholder approval to return the stock options to Musk that he was stripped of in a January court decision in Delaware. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024 And 89% of organizations awarded cash bonuses, meanwhile 41% awarded their employees stock options. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 May 2024 The performance stock options vest over the coming five years and can only be excised once UMG’s stock hits certain thresholds. Elizabeth Dilts Marshall, Billboard, 16 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for stock option 

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Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of stock option was in 1877

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“Stock option.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20option. Accessed 12 Jun. 2024.

Legal Definition

stock option

see option sense 3

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