# Option seller (option seller, writer, grantor)

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## Definition

Someone who sells an option and thereby undertakes to deliver an underlying commodity to or buy it from the option buyer at an agreed time if the latter wishes to exercise his option right (the maker, writer, or issuer of an option contract who stands ready to purchase the underlying commodity in the case of a put option or to sell the underlying commodity in the case of a call option).- See writer. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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