straddle

Noun

• 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

• the act of sitting or standing astride

• a gymnastic exercise performed with a leg on either side of the parallel bars

• a noncommittal or equivocal position

Verb

• be noncommittal

• range or extend over; occupy a certain area
  • The plants straddle the entire state
    

• sit or stand astride of

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  span , range