stock options

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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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The move, orchestrated by Everett to satisfy the demands of the company’s top-dollar backers, cheats Michael out of his stock options and equity in the company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

A boom in stock options and other derivatives was under way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Blau is a cofounder of Myoforte/Epirium and holds equity and stock options in the company.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

And there are different ways investors can profit from these stocks through stock options.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

For most of the people involved, the words "stock options" worked their normal, morally debilitating magic.

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle

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