noun
- The right to buy or sell a stock at a specified price within a stated period.
- 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.
- usage: "stock options are not much use as an incentive if the price at which they can be exercised is out of reach"
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