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put option

DEFINITIONS OF: put option

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n the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

Synonyms:
put
Antonyms:
call, call option
the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
Type of:
option
the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited

n an option to sell

Type of:
stock option
the right to buy or sell a stock at a specified price within a stated period
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