Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• OPTIONS CONTRACT
  
  A contract that, in exchange for the option price, gives the option buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy (or sell) a financial asset at the exercise price from (or to) the option seller within a specified time period, or on a specified date (expiration date).
  
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