writer

writer definition - business

writer

The person who creates an option by selling an option contract in an opening transaction. For example, an investor may be the writer of a call or a put. See also naked writer.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Business Terms Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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