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Grantor
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Grantor
1. The writer of an option contract.
2. The person who creates a trust. The grantor places assets in the trust on behalf of a beneficiary and allows the trustee to administer them for a certain period of time.
2. The person who creates a trust. The grantor places assets in the trust on behalf of a beneficiary and allows the trustee to administer them for a certain period of time.
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grantor
An investor who sells short a call option or a put option. The grantor of a call option agrees to sell stock at a fixed price and the grantor of a put option agrees to buy stock at a fixed price.
Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott. Copyright © 2003 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. All rights reserved.
grantor
A person who gives title to real estate via a deed.
The Complete Real Estate Encyclopedia by Denise L. Evans, JD & O. William Evans, JD. Copyright © 2007 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.