stock option
noun
1
: an option contract involving stock
2
: a right granted by a corporation to officers or employees as a form of compensation that allows purchase of corporate stock at a fixed price usually within a specified period
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Meta also recently opted to reduce its annual distribution of stock options by about 10% for most of its staff, The Financial Times reports, reducing the total compensation for tens of thousands of employees.
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Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 22 Feb. 2025
Meta also slashed its annual distribution of stock options by about 10% for thousands of employees, according to a report published Thursday by the Financial Times.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2025
The board as a group is returning $277 million in cash, over $450 million of stock options and foregoing options for 2021 through 2023.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2025
But the super-rich are often loaded up with a range of assets, like stock options and stakes of private companies whose values are a bit murkier.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
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Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 22 Feb. 2025
Meta also slashed its annual distribution of stock options by about 10% for thousands of employees, according to a report published Thursday by the Financial Times.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2025
The board as a group is returning $277 million in cash, over $450 million of stock options and foregoing options for 2021 through 2023.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2025
But the super-rich are often loaded up with a range of assets, like stock options and stakes of private companies whose values are a bit murkier.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Stock option.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20option. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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