Meanings
nounESOP (plural ESOPs)
plural ESOPs
- USabbreviationacronymbusinessAcronym of Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
Another factor is that ESOPs had a rocky beginning, which for a while made them appear sketchy. A few widely publicized companies set up ESOPs purely as defenses against hostile takeovers.
2016 September 8, John Case, “The Life-Changing Magic of Turning Employees Into Shareholders”, in The Atlantic - broadlya company that implements such a plan
proper noun
- abbreviationinitialismcomputerInitialism of European Symposium on Programming.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company
Similar
employee stock ownership plan
Broader
stock purchase plan
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