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

He said the firm had threatened to take away his stock options and other benefits if he didn’t retire early.

From The Wall Street Journal

That increase in wealth isn’t bad, considering Tesla shareholders recently voted to award Musk restricted stock options worth roughly $1 trillion if all performance incentives are met.

From Barron's

The rule, issued in 2004 by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, requires firms to charge stock options against earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal

The “free” idea started circulating around Tesla events after a Delaware judge voided Musk’s 2018 pay package, which awarded him some 300 million stock options, citing inadequate shareholder disclosures.

From Barron's

The “free” idea started circulating around Tesla events after a Delaware judge voided Musk’s 2018 pay package, which awarded him some 300 million stock options, citing inadequate shareholder disclosures.

From Barron's