stock options

Cultural  

1. The right to purchase a company's shares at a future date at an agreed price. Companies often give stock options to their executives as an incentive to improve the company's performance and boost its share price. If the share price has risen above the agreed price of the option by the time the option is exercised, the executive stands to make a considerable profit.

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Example Sentences

Even at Robinhood, one of the least scrupulous brokerages, someone who wants to trade stock options needs to go through at least a nominal approval process.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Registering the 2018-related stock means that, when Musk exercises the stock options under the 2018 award, the shares will be freely tradable.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

The company is also changing how it awards bonuses and stock options as it reorganizes its workforce around AI efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

This dynamic can also occur in single stock options.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

The authors of these articles are paid at a standard rate, have journalist status and are also given stock options in the company.

From Interviews (1998-2001) by Lebert, Marie