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Webster 1913 Edition
Straddle
Strad′dle
,Verb.
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.
Strad′dle
,Verb.
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 horseStrad′dle
,Noun.
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]
Webster 1828 Edition
Straddle
STRADDLE
,Verb.
I.
STRADDLE
,Verb.
T.