non-statutory stock option

non-statutory stock option definition - finance
A type of employee stock option. A non-statutory stock option program is easier to set up and administer than an incentive stock option, however, taxes must be paid on the non-qualified stock options, while taxes do not have to be paid on incentive stock options. Also called non-qualified stock options.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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