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optionee

optionee

1 8.3
A person who has the right to buy shares or property at a set price
  • noun
  • /ˌɑpʃəˈni/
  • Specialized
: opcionista
  • The agreement specified the responsibilities of both the optionor and the optionee.

Examples

  • The optionee signed the agreement yesterday.

  • Many optionees are excited about the new investment opportunities.

  • The optionee decided to purchase the property before the contract expired.

  • As an optionee, she had the right to buy shares at a fixed price.

  • The optionee has the right to purchase shares at a predetermined price.

  • As an optionee, she can buy the property before it goes on the open market.

  • The company will notify the optionee when it's time to exercise their options.

Synonyms

grantee
vsoptionee
  • Specialized
4 6.2

A person or group that officially receives something such as money, rights, property

is given a specific purchase right rather than any general grant

Surface Forms

optionee singular
optionees plural

Morphology

optionee = option (transparent) = option + ee

Formed by 'option' + the agent/recipient suffix '-ee', meaning a person granted an option; this is a regular and inferable derivation.

Etymology

Optionee comes from option meaning 'choice' plus the ending -ee, which means 'person who receives' and appears in words like employee and payee. So an optionee is the person who is given the right to buy something, for example shares or property.