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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
o·ver·hang       [v. oh-ver-hang; n. oh-ver-hang] Pronunciation Key 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]
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
o·ver·hang       (ō'vər-hāng')  Pronunciation Key 
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.

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
overhang 
1599 (v.), from over + hang (q.v.). The noun meaning "fact of overhanging" is attested from 1864.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
overhang

noun
1. projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else 

verb
1. project over 
2. be suspended over or hang over; "This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town" 

Investopedia - Cite This Source - Share This

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

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Overhang

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

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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.

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