option

[ op-shuhn ]

/ ˈɒp ʃən /

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noun

the power or right of choosing.

something that may be or is chosen; choice.

the act of choosing.

an item of equipment or a feature that may be chosen as an addition to or replacement for standard equipment and features: a car with a long list of extra-cost options; a telephoto lens option for a camera.

stock option.

a privilege acquired, as by the payment of a premium or consideration, of demanding, within a specified time, the carrying out of a transaction upon stipulated terms; the right, as granted in a contract or by an initial payment, of acquiring something in the future: We bought one lot and took a 90-day option on an adjoining one.

Football. a play in which a back has a choice of either passing or running with the ball.

verb (used with object)

to acquire or grant an option on: The studio has optioned his latest novel for film adaptation.

to provide with optional equipment: The car can be fully optioned at additional cost.

Origin of option

1595–1605; < Latin optiōn- (stem of optiō) choice, equivalent to op(tāre) to select (see opt) + -tiōn- -tion

SYNONYMS FOR option

2, 3 selection, election.

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synonym study for option

2. See choice.

OTHER WORDS FROM option

op·tion·a·ble, adjective pre·op·tion, noun

Words nearby option

optimization, optimize, optimum, optimum dose, optimum population, option, option money, optional, optionee, opto-, optoelectronics

Example sentences from the Web for option

I understand that this is human trafficking, but I know that my people have no other option.

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This simply is not an option for ACC to source indeterminately.

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Judging from current figures, there would be a substantial demand for this option, too.

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For everybody else, public schools were the only option—and these institutions often had an abysmal record.

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The only option was to get through the night and run away.

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A player who gives the odds of a piece, may give it each game from the king's or queen's side, at his option.

Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million |Sarah Josepha Hale
It is not a fair way of going to work—the fish has no option.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 392, June, 1848 |Various
It would seem too much like a week-end experiment, without the option of parting when the week was ended.

The Kingdom Round the Corner |Coningsby Dawson
Option by a husband will cover his wife, and option by parents will cover their children under 18 years of age.

Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume XII |Various
Yet Clara realized that Morel was withdrawing from the circle, leaving her the option to stay with her husband.

Sons and Lovers |David Herbert Lawrence

British Dictionary definitions for option

option

/ (ˈɒpʃən) /

noun

the act or an instance of choosing or deciding

the power or liberty to choose

an exclusive opportunity, usually for a limited period, to buy something at a future date he has a six-month option on the Canadian rights to this book

commerce the right to buy (call option) or sell (put option) a fixed quantity of a commodity, security, foreign exchange, etc, at a fixed price at a specified date in the future See also traded option

something chosen; choice

NZ short for local option

keep one's options open or leave one's options open not to commit oneself

See soft option

verb

(tr) to obtain or grant an option on

Word Origin for option

C17: from Latin optiō free choice, from optāre to choose

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option

noun

verb (used with object)

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option

noun

verb (used with object)

Origin of option

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synonym study for option

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