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optionaire

optionaire noun: a person whose wealth consists of or was made through stock options.

Noun

optionaire (plural optionaires)

  1. A person whose wealth consists of or was made through stock options.
    • Don't you just get sick thinking about all those Silicon Valley optionaires who lost much of their fortune in the tech meltdown?2001 May 1, Daniel Kadlec, “Options At Work”, in Time
  2. A person who has been afforded greater opportunities by having been born into privilege.
    • A new word, "optionaires," makes this distinction. Optionaires are defined as people who grew up in the affluent society — that is, the upper third of the nation — and have options in life and privileges in society as a result of their upbringing.1980, Celeste MacLeod, Horatio Alger, Farewell: The End of the American Dream, Seaview Books, →ISBN, page 144

Forms of optionaire

pluraloptionaires

Origin of optionaire

Blend of option + millionaire.

Questions about optionaire

What does optionaire mean?
Optionaire means a person whose wealth consists of or was made through stock options.
What part of speech is optionaire?
Optionaire is a noun.
What is the plural of optionaire?
The plural of optionaire is optionaires.

Words near optionaire in the dictionary

  1. option buttons
  2. option type
  3. option types
  4. option-select
  5. optionable
  6. optionaire
  7. optionaires
  8. optional
  9. optionalise
  10. optionalised
  11. optionalises

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