Meanings
nouncall option (plural call options)
plural call options
- businessAn option to buy a stated quantity of an asset or financial product, such as stock, at a stated price (the strike price), on a stated future date (or range of dates).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
Similar
Opposite
Broader
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish osto-optio
- osto-optiofinance: option to buy
French option d'achat
- option d'achatfinance: option to buy
German Kaufoption, Call-Option
- Kaufoptionfinance: option to buy
- Call-Optionfinance: option to buy
Polish opcja kupna
- opcja kupnafinance: option to buy
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Chicago
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