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An option contract, or simply option, is defined as "a promise which meets the requirements for the formation of a contract and limits the promisor's power to revoke an offer." ''Restatement (Second) of Contracts'' § 25 (1981). An option contract is a type of contract that protects an offeree from an offeror's ability to revoke their offer to engage in a contract. Consideration for the option contract is still required as it is still a form of contract, cf. Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 87(1). Typically, an offeree can provide consideration for the option contract by paying money for the contract or by providing value in some other form such as by rendering other performance or forbearance. See consideration for more information. ==Introduction== An option is the right to convey a piece of property. The person granting the option is called the ''optionor'' (or more usually, the ''grantor'') and the person who has the benefit of the option is called the ''optionee'' (or more usually, the ''beneficiary''). Options characteristically exist in one of two forms: * Call options, which give the beneficiary the right to require the grantor to sell or convey the property to them at the agreed price on exercise * Put options, which give the beneficiary the right to require the grantor to buy or receive the property at the agreed price on exercise. Because options amount to dispositions of future property, in common law countries they are normally subject to the rule against perpetuities and must be exercised within the time limits prescribed by law. In relation to certain types of asset (principally land), in many countries an option must be registered in order to be binding on a third party. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「option contract」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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