Definition of put option in English:
put option
nounˈpʊt ɒpʃ(ə)nˈpʊt ˌɑpʃən
Stock Market An option to sell assets at an agreed price on or before a particular date.
Example sentencesExamples
- A collar is the equivalent of buying a call option and selling a put option.
- But maximum losses are limited here because we have a long put option (with a strike price of 50).
- On one day alone last week, more than 12,600 put options for July, priced at 200p, changed hands.
- The deal included a put option to sell the rest of Fiat Auto to GM between 2004 and 2009.
- I can buy a put option with a strike price of £6.00 allowing me to sell 100 shares in three months time.
Definition of put option in US English:
put option
nounˈpo͝ot ˌäpSHənˈpʊt ˌɑpʃən
Stock Market An option to sell assets at an agreed price on or before a particular date.
Example sentencesExamples
- On one day alone last week, more than 12,600 put options for July, priced at 200p, changed hands.
- I can buy a put option with a strike price of £6.00 allowing me to sell 100 shares in three months time.
- But maximum losses are limited here because we have a long put option (with a strike price of 50).
- The deal included a put option to sell the rest of Fiat Auto to GM between 2004 and 2009.
- A collar is the equivalent of buying a call option and selling a put option.