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PUT OPTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
Synonyms:
put; put option
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("put option" is a kind of...):
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)
Holonyms ("put option" is a part of...):
span; straddle (the act of sitting or standing astride)
Antonym:
call option (the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An option to sell
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("put option" is a kind of...):
stock option (the right to buy or sell a stock at a specified price within a stated period)
