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stock purchase plan

stock purchase plan

1 3.8
A plan that lets employees buy shares in their company, often at a lower price
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : plan de compra de acciones
  • Joy's company offers a stock purchase plan that allows her to buy shares at a lower price.
  • employee stock purchase plan
  • company's stock purchase plan
  • direct stock purchase plan

Examples

  • Through the stock purchase plan, workers can acquire company shares with a convenient payroll deduction.

  • We have a long-term stock purchase plan with them.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Believe me, I taught about 30 co-workers one-on-one about how their employee stock purchase plan works and how exactly stock options, 401(k), and Roth IRAs work, and not one female maintained interest.

    Blog text (20)

  • Many employees appreciate the benefits of the stock purchase plan because it helps them invest in the company.

Synonyms

employee stock ownership plan
vsstock purchase plan
  • Specialized
1 4.3

A program that lets employees buy or get shares in their company to become part owners

lets employees buy shares less regularly often as occasional discounted purchases

Surface Forms

stock purchase plan singular
stock purchase plans plural

Morphology

stock + purchase + plan

The phrase is compositionally built from 'stock' (shares) + 'purchase' (buying) + 'plan' (arrangement), so its meaning — an arrangement for buying company shares — is directly derivable from the constituents. This follows normal noun-compound logic found across languages and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the component words.

Etymology

The phrase stock purchase plan comes from a simple idea: a plan that lets employees purchase 'stock', meaning 'shares' of the company, often on a regular schedule and sometimes at a lower price. So, it means an arrangement where workers can buy company shares.