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

The full value of the stock options, given to six leaders not including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, would only be realized if Meta stock jumps more than 500% to $3,727, according to filings late Tuesday.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Friday delivers a “triple witching” event, with the quarterly expiration of stock options, stock index futures, and stock index options.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Those gains value the company at about $1.8 trillion, including CEO Elon Musk’s vested stock options, and trading for about 206 times estimated 2026 earnings.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Typically, startup employees are given stock options as part of their compensation packages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

From barter to the trading of commodities futures and stock options, from money to the cashless society, markets constitute frameworks for higher transaction efficiency, often equated with profit.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai