Both represent the right to buy stock at a given price in the future.

The club secured exclusive rights to buy all four of the young Gambians.

The right to buy their home (after a certain period of tenancy and subject to meeting financial criteria).

Now, donors who get the right to buy seats can deduct 80 percent of their contributions.

Farmers would have similar rights to buy shares in food production and allied agricultural businesses.

In a rights offering, shareholders receive the right to buy new shares at a discount.

But now, with the country's economy in chaos, even young children know that once they turn 7 they lose the right to buy milk.

Residents who exercise the right to buy receive timely written information about their property.

While both represent a right to buy stock at certain prices, the longest life of a listed option is nine months.

For $22.50 a year, they receive the right to buy tickets for less than $30 to some shows.