option clearing corporation

option clearing corporation definition - finance
A company that has been set up by an options exchange to monitor margin accounts of options traders, guarantee their performance, and settle exchange-traded option trades.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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