We found 3 definitions of stock option from 2 different sources.
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stock option - the right to buy or sell a stock at a specified price within a stated period | ||
option one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse" | ||
call option the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date | ||
stock option - 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" |