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unexercise

unexercise verb: to undo the use of (a right, an option, etc.).

Verb

unexercise (third-person singular simple present unexercises, present participle unexercising, simple past and past participle unexercised)

  1. (rare, transitive) To undo the use of (a right, an option, etc.).
    • Where stock prices fall sharply after an executive exercises a Newco stock option, the executive may end up holding Newco stock worth less than the taxes triggered by option exercise. In such case, the executive may wish to "unexercise" the option and calculate his taxable income as if the option...2018, Ginsburg & Levin, Rocap, Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts, December 2018 Edition

Forms of unexercise

third-person singular presentunexercises
present participleunexercising
past participleunexercised
pastunexercised

Origin of unexercise

un- + exercise

Questions about unexercise

What does unexercise mean?
Unexercise means to undo the use of (a right, an option, etc.).
What part of speech is unexercise?
Unexercise is a verb.
What is the past tense of unexercise?
The past tense of unexercise is unexercised.

Words near unexercise in the dictionary

  1. unexempt
  2. unexemptable
  3. unexempted
  4. unexemptible
  5. unexercisable
  6. unexercise
  7. unexercised
  8. unexercises
  9. unexercising
  10. unexerted
  11. unexfoliated

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