stock option
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4.8
- noun
- /stɑk ˈɑpʃən/
- Specialized
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opción sobre acciones
- Employees at the company received stock options that allowed them to buy shares at a reduced price.
- stock options and bonuses
Employee stock options are an example of a forward start option.
- Employee stock options are an example of a forward start option.
- And the the as a result of Murray, who had stock and stock options in the company, became extremely wealthy.
- You're making millions of dollars, you know, buying and selling and and executing stock options.
- As the CEO of a public company who's entirely paid in stock options.
- In fact, Robin Hood is funny because they stock options which are trickier or they can be trickier than regular stocks.
- If you sold some stock options or Rs US, please make sure that you are not paying tax twice on that sale.
- Some of the reasons for that are things like losses from prior years being carried over, tax credits for things like research and development and write offs for stock options.
- So I, I made this little journey, which I'm guessing a lot of people do, buying stock options, buying like put like, like betting on whether it's going to go up or down right now.
- So, you know, Index, one of our leading VC funds here, they, they do a regular report looking at most countries tax treatment of stock options.
- OK, so basically the problem of stock options is they work in theory.
- After all, man cannot live on stock options alone.
- It could come in the form of of having stock options.
- These guys actually get stocks, so they get paid in like stock options.
- So situation situation number one is dealing with stock options.
Examples
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Soon after his wife died in the accident, Heller quit the company, cashed in his stock options and disappeared.
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CEOs get paid mainly with stock options and thus want a high share price ASAP.
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Pay is low, but the stock options should make up for it.
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After every land deal, he gets more stock options.
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I'll cash in some stock options.
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I'll get stock options, great benefits.
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A few thousand worth of stock options would stand to make you quite a pile.
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A large portion of the wealthy prefer to be paid in stock and stock options.
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Just let your stock options vest and get rich.
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Nearly 17,000 employees are holding more than 8 million stock options with an exercise price of at least $400.
Blog text (3)
Synonyms
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7.4
A right to buy or sell something at a set price before a set time
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7.7
A contract that lets someone choose to buy something of value at a set price for a limited time
An offer that lets employees buy company shares later if the company meets its goals
A right to buy company stock at a set price if the company meets business goals
How Generous
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4.1
- Specialized
5
3.0
- Specialized
32
4.8
310
2.2
642
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning ('a right to buy company shares at a fixed price') is directly compositional from 'stock' (a share in a company) + 'option' (a right to buy or sell). This noun‑noun compounding follows standard English and has clear parallels in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Stock option may come from combining stock, meaning a company's share, and option, meaning a choice; imagine a ticket that lets you buy a share later at a fixed price. That's why the term means 'a right but not the obligation to buy company stock at a fixed price'.