stock option

Noun stock option has 2 senses

• stock option(n = noun.possession) - the right to buy or sell a stock at a specified price within a stated period;
is a kind of option
has particulars: call option, put option

• stock option(n = noun.possession) - 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"
is a kind of benefit