optionaire
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of option + millionaire.
Noun
[edit]optionaire (plural optionaires)
- A person whose wealth consists of or was made through stock options.
- 2001 May 1, Daniel Kadlec, “Options At Work”, in Time:
- Don't you just get sick thinking about all those Silicon Valley optionaires who lost much of their fortune in the tech meltdown?
- A person who has been afforded greater opportunities by having been born into privilege.
- 1980, Celeste MacLeod, Horatio Alger, Farewell: The End of the American Dream, Seaview Books, →ISBN, page 144:
- A new word, "optionaires," makes this distinction. Optionaires are defined as people who grew up in the affluent society — that is, the upper third of the nation — and have options in life and privileges in society as a result of their upbringing.
Quotations
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