EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does employee stock ownership plan mean? 

• EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (noun)
  The noun EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN has 1 sense:

1. a program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company

  Familiarity information: EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

employee stock ownership plan; ESOP

Hypernyms ("employee stock ownership plan" is a kind of...):

stock purchase plan (an organized plan for employees of a company to buy shares of its stock)