- qualified stock option
- An option under which an employee of a corporation may buy stock in the corporation, its parent company, or a subsidiary. Internal Revenue Code § 422(b).
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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