2. the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; [syn: call option, call]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
call option
n 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 [syn: call
option, call] [ant: put, put option]