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overhang - 8 dictionary results

o⋅ver⋅hang

[v. oh-ver-hang; n. oh-ver-hang] verb, -hung, -hang⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to hang or be suspended over: A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.
2. to extend, project, or jut over: A wide balcony overhangs the garden.
3. to impend over or threaten, as danger or evil; loom over: The threat of war overhung Europe.
4. to spread throughout; permeate; pervade: the melancholy that overhung the proceedings.
5. Informal. to hover over, as a threat or menace: Unemployment continues to overhang the economic recovery.
–verb (used without object)
6. to hang over; project or jut out over something below: How far does the balcony overhang?
–noun
7. something that extends or juts out over; projection.
8. the extent of projection, as of the bow of a ship.
9. Informal. an excess or surplus: an overhang of office space in midtown.
10. a threat or menace: to face the overhang of foreign reprisals.
11. Architecture. a projecting upper part of a building, as a roof or balcony.

Origin:
1590–1600; over- + hang
o·ver·hang   (ō'vər-hāng')   
v.   o·ver·hung (-hŭng'), o·ver·hang·ing, o·ver·hangs

v.   tr.
  1. To project or extend beyond.
  2. To loom over: The threat of nuclear war overhangs modern society.
  3. To ornament with hangings.
v.   intr.
To project over something that lies beneath. See Synonyms at bulge.
n.   (ō'vər-hāng')
  1. A projecting part, such as an architectural structure or a rock formation.
  2. An amount of projection: an overhang of six inches.
  3. Nautical The part of a bow or stern that projects over the water.
  4. A supply of a commodity in excess of what can easily be disposed of: An unusually warm winter created an overhang in oil stocks.

Overhang

O`ver*hang"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overhung; p. pr. & vb. n. Overhanging.]

1. To impend or hang over. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.

2. To hang over; to jut or project over. --Pope.

Overhang

O`ver*hang"\, v. i. To jut over. --Milton.

Overhang

O`ver*hang`\, n. (Arch.) 1. In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet.

2. Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc.

3. (Naut.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.

4. (Mach.) The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing.

overhang 
1599 (v.), from over + hang (q.v.). The noun meaning "fact of overhanging" is attested from 1864.

Overhang

Calculated as stock options granted, plus the remaining options to still be granted, and then divided by the total shares outstanding.

Investopedia Commentary

A high percentage for the overhang is usually a bad thing. It means there is a growing possibility that the options will be exercised and dilute the company's stock.

Related Links

The "True" Cost of Stock Options
Accounting and Valuing ESOs

See also: Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), Exercise, Incentive Stock Option (ISO), Nonqualified Stock Option (NSO), Option


Main Entry: over·hang
Pronunciation: 'O-v&r-"ha[ng]
Function: noun
: a portion of a filling that extends beyond the normal contour of a tooth
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