premium

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But traders who believe the price of a stock could skyrocket should pay the premium to own the call—and the payout of the option would be large.

From Barron's

While options require more technical know-how, they allow for investing in oil with a set amount of money—effectively capping the downside to the price of the option itself, also called the premium.

From Barron's

Shareholders will receive $24.55 a share in cash, representing a premium of about 47% over Clearwater’s stock price on Nov. 10, the last trading day before media reports of a potential transaction.

From Barron's

The acquisition price of $49 a share represents a premium of 18% over the closing price before the proposal was disclosed.

From Barron's

Once Paramount achieves this credibility, institutional investors will begin publicly backing Paramount, and Netflix will lose its “certainty premium” in the market.

From MarketWatch