Stock option refers to "stock option". Option is used in the business term "the privilege of buying and selling in a specific time". When option and share are used together as "stock options", they are often used in the plural.
"Stock option" is a means for companies to motivate employees, and it is also considered as a way for companies to raise funds. If employees intend to stay in this company for a long time, they will participate in employee stock options to enjoy the benefits of future (at least two years later) stock price appreciation. Therefore, for employees, "stock options" can play an obvious incentive role; For enterprises, enterprises can raise funds by employees buying stock options.
Hedging refers to "taking compensatory measures to balance possible losses" or "betting on both parties to reduce or prevent trading losses".