English edit

Etymology edit

option +‎ -like

Adjective edit

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[1]:
      “Cheap volatile assets with a huge upside are precisely the kinds of optionlike investments that clever zombie managers are energetically looking for,” he said.