Meaning of STRADDLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'stradl
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- [n] the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options
- [n] the act of sitting or standing astride
- [v] range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state"
- [v] be noncommittal
- [v] sit or stand astride of
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| | Synonyms: | | range, span |
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| | Antonyms: | | go with, side | | |
| | See Also: | | be, call, call option, comprise, constitute, make up, motility, motion, move, movement, option, put, put option, represent, spread-eagle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Strad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Straddled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Straddling}.] [Freq. from the root of stride.]
1. To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs
far apart.
2. To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of
a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
\Strad"dle\, v. t.
To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side
of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a
horse.
\Strad"dle\, n.
1. The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet
far apart.
2. The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who
straddles; as, a wide straddle.
3. A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a
``put'' and a ``call,'' i. e., securing to the buyer of
the option the right either to demand of the seller at a
certain price, within a certain time, certain securities,
or to require him to take at the same price, and within
the same time, the same securities. [Broker's Cant]
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are straddling something, suggests that you are undecided about some issue or choice. You remain uncommitted to any one side for fear of alienating or distancing yourself from the other side. |
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