CALL OPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does call option mean? 

• CALL OPTION (noun)
  The noun CALL OPTION has 2 senses:

1. an option to buy

2. the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

  Familiarity information: CALL OPTION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALL OPTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An option to buy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("call option" is a kind of...):

stock option (the right to buy or sell a stock at a specified price within a stated period)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

call; call option

Hypernyms ("call option" is a kind 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)

Holonyms ("call option" is a part of...):

span; straddle (the act of sitting or standing astride)

Antonym:

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