stock option

A right to buy or sell specific securities or commodities at a stated price within a specified time.

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stock′ op`tion

an option to buy or sell stock at a specific price within a stated period.

[1940–45]

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Noun	1.	stock option - the right to buy or sell a stock at a specified price within a stated period option - the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited call option - an option to buy put option - an option to sell
	2.	stock option - a benefit given by a company to an employee in the form of an option to buy stock in the company at a discount or at a fixed price; "stock options are not much use as an incentive if the price at which they can be exercised is out of reach" benefit - financial assistance in time of need

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Silver & gold company Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd (TSX:ASM) (NYSE American:ASM) (FSE:GV6) on Wednesday awarded 526,000 incentive stock options under its stock option plan and 1,730,500 restricted share units (RSUs) under the restricted share unit plan to its directors, officers, employees and consultants.

Avino grants restricted share units and stock options to directors, officers, employees and consultants

63,800 yen per one stock option (638 yen per share)

Notice Regarding Determination of Details of Issuance of Stock Acquisition Rights as Stock Options

NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-June 26, 2019-Capman reports on share subscriptions based on stock option 2013B, stock option 2013C and stock option 2016A

Capman reports on share subscriptions based on stock option 2013B, stock option 2013C and stock option 2016A

Subject to the terms and conditions of the company's Inducement Award Programme and stock option agreement, each stock option has a ten year term and each stock option vests over four years, with 25% of the shares vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date and the remaining 75% of shares vesting quarterly thereafter, in each case, subject to the new employee's continued service.

Akebia Therapeutics awards stock options to six new employees under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

The Board of Directors of Canada-based Bear Creek Mining (TSX Venture: BCM) has authorised and approved the grant of 650,000 incentive stock options under its incentive stock option plan to Paul Tweddle.

Bear Creek Mining authorises and approves grant of 650,000 incentive stock options to Paul Tweddle

An employee stock option is similar to a call option.

Underwater stock compensation: what options do employers have?

Japanese companies are increasingly adopting stock option based compensation for executives and employees as a part of their efforts to regain profitability and capital market orientation after the burst of bubble economy.

Beginning of stock option-based compensation in Japan : a test of alternative theories

Directors and officers liability insurers continue to assess the impact of corporate stock option "backdating" practices, originally feared as holding the potential for Enron-sized market losses.

Backdating backlash: will corporate insurers be wiped out by a tidal wave of D&O 'stock options' claims?

has released Oversight 4.2, which it says extends its automated continuous monitoring for corporate equity management and stock option grants.

Oversight Systems Inc

Plus, to reduce the income statement impact of future transactions, companies need to prepare a 10-year history of stock option activity to determine the amount of the additional-paid-in-capital (APIC) pool.

Options and the deferred tax bite: just when you thought it couldn't get any more complicated

Under FAS 123(R), the fair value of a stock option is based on observable market prices, if they exist.

Fair value era