optionlike

English

Etymology

From option +‎ -like.

Adjective

optionlike (comparative more optionlike, superlative most optionlike)

1. (finance) Resembling or characteristic of an option.
   • 2009 March 13, Floyd Norris, “The Problem? Bankers Point to the Rules”, in New York Times‎:

     “Cheap volatile assets with a huge upside are precisely the kinds of optionlike investments that clever zombie managers are energetically looking for,” he said.