straddle

[strad·dle]

When you straddle something, you're sitting on it with one leg on each side like straddling a horse or a fence.

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To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.

Noun
the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options

Noun
the act of sitting or standing astride

Noun
a gymnastic exercise performed with the legs straddling the parallel bars

Noun
a noncommittal or equivocal position

Verb
range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state"

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Verb
be noncommittal

Verb
sit or stand astride of


v. i.
To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.

v. i.
To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.

v. t.
To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.

n.
The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart.

n.
The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle.

n.
A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a "put" and a "call," i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities.


Straddle

Strad"dle , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Straddled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Straddling .] [Freq. from the root of stride.] 1. To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart. 2. To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.

Straddle

Strad"dle, v. t. To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.

Straddle

Strad"dle, n. 1. The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart. 2. The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle. 3. A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a "put" and a "call," i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities. [Broker's Cant]

To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.

To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.

The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart.

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