Bermudan option

noun

An option that can be exercised at specific dates between issue date and expiry date. Sometimes known as a mid-Atlantic option.

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Meanings

nounBermudan option (plural Bermudan options)

plural Bermudan options

  1. businessAn option that can be exercised at specific dates between issue date and expiry date. Sometimes known as a mid-Atlantic option.

Origin

Play on words due to the cultural, geographic, and political similarities between Bermuda alongside both the Americas and Europe and the fact that this financial option has elements of both American and European styles.

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APA

Bermudan option. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bermudan%20option

MLA

“Bermudan option.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bermudan%20option. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bermudan option,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bermudan%20option.

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