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Stock Option

A non-tradeable call option giving an employee at a publicly-traded company the right to buy shares in that company for a certain price. Stock options in this sense are often a part of compensation for major and mid-level executives in large publicly-traded companies. If the share price for the company increases, stock options can be very profitable for the employee. These stock options have certain rules governing when and how the option can be exercised.

employee stock option

See incentive stock option.

Employee Stock Option

An option granted to an employee to purchase the employer's stock. Employee stock options to which special income tax treatment is accorded are known as statutory options.
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Even though most employee stock options are granted at-the-money and so have zero intrinsic value (that is, market price minus exercise price), they have positive value at the grant date because of the volatility value of the option.
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