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English Dictionary: Straddle by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
straddle
n
  1. a noncommittal or equivocal position
  2. a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars
  3. the act of sitting or standing astride
    Synonym(s): straddle, span
  4. the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options
v
  1. sit or stand astride of
  2. range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state"
    Synonym(s): range, straddle
  3. be noncommittal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Straddle \Strad"dle\, v. 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Straddle \Strad"dle\, v. 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
      horse.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Straddle \Strad"dle\, n.
      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
            [bd]put[b8] and a [bd]call,[b8] 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]
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