Look up: Option

1. Option
   Gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an asset at a set price on or before a given date. Investors, not companies, issue options. Investors who purchase call options bet the stock will be worth more than the price set by the option (the strike price), plus the price they paid for the option itself. Buyers of put options bet the stock's price will go down below the price set by the option. An option is part of a class of securities called derivatives, so named because …
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2. Option
   Gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an asset at a set price on or before a given date. Investors, not companies, issue options. Buyers of call options bet that a stock will be worth more than the price set by the option (the strike price), plus the price they pay for the option itself. Buyers of put options bet that th...
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3. Option
   A contract that permits one party to buy from (or sell to) the other party something at a prespecified price during a prespecified period of time, leaving the choice of whether to do this or not (whether to "exercise" the option) up to the first party, which buys the option. Options exist for many assets, including foreign exchange.
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4. Option
   Is a derivative contract. There are two primary types of options. See Put and Call. An option is considered as a Wasting Asset because it has a stipulated life to expiration and may expire worthless. Hence, the premium would be wasted.
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5. Option
   An agreement which conveys the right to the holder to buy (receive) or sell (deliver) a specific security at a stipulated price and within a stated period of time. If the option is not exercised during that time, the money paid for it (but no more than that amount) is forfeited. See also Call Option.
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6. Option
   A contract conferring the right but not the obligation to buy (call) or to sell (put) a specified amount of an instrument at a specified price within a predetermined time period.
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7. Option
   Right, but not obligation, to buy or sell a security at an agreed price within an agreed time period. The right to buy a security is known as a call option; the right to sell a security is known as a put option.
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8. option
   [n] - the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price 2. [n] - an alternative action
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9. Option
   An option gives the owner the right to buy or sell a specific number of shares at a specific price on or before a given date. An option giving the right to buy is called a call option. An option giving the right to sell is called a put option.
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10. Option
    The right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell securities at a fixed price within a specified period.
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11. Option
    A contract that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an agreed amount of shares or currency at a pre-agreed price by a given date.
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12. Option
    The right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell securities at a fixed price within a specified period.
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13. Option
    A contract that gives the buyer of the contract the right but not the obligation to buy or sell a futures contract at a set price. The buyer pays a premium for this right.
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14. Option
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15. Option
    The right to buy or sell an asset at a pre-arranged price....more on Option
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16. option
    In business, a contract giving the owner the right (as opposed to the obligation, as with futures contracts; see futures trading) to buy or sell a specific quantity of a particular commodity or...
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18. option
    one of the different solutions which meet the same objectives Category: Building industry • a contract that gives the holder the right,against payment of a premium,to purchase or sell a standardized quantity of a specified asset at a fixed price at or within a designated date and which binds the writer to sell or buy that instrument should the holder decide to exercise his right Cat…
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19. Option
    The right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell securities at a fixed price within a specified period.
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20. option
    Agreement entitling the holder to buy (call) or sell (put)shares or commodities, within a given time and at a given price, from or to the other party to the agreement.
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21. Option
    The right to buy or sell something at a set price within a given time period. Employees for example, may be granted options to purchase shares in the company that employs them.
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22. option
    The right to buy or sell something at a set price within a given time period. Employees for example, may be granted options to purchase shares in the company that employs them.
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23. Option
    Is a situation where the buyer places a sum of money down for the right to purchase a property within a specified time period. When the time period expires the the buyer does not have an obligation to purchase it.
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24. Option
    Op"tion noun [ Latin optio ; akin to optare to choose, wish, optimus best, and perhaps to English apt : confer French option .] 1. The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative. « There is an option left to the United States of America, whether they will be respectable and prosperous, or contemptible and miserable, as …
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25. option
    alternative noun one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; `what option did I have?`; `there no other alternative`; `my only choice is to refuse`
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