option

[ op-shuhn ]

/ ˈɒp ʃən /

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.

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 optioned

Franco optioned the tome back in March 2011, and will star and direct the flick.

James Franco Shot His New Movie at the Venice Film Festival and I Was in It |Marlow Stern |September 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The book was optioned to HBO in 2011, around the time evangelist Harold Camping claimed The Rapture would occur—on May 21, 2011.

From ‘Lost’ to The Rapture: Creators Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta on HBO’s ‘The Leftovers’ |Marlow Stern |June 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Although it was just published, Shirley has already been optioned by HBO for a two-hour movie.

The Fiction Writer Shirley Jackson Stars in Her Own Novel |Hugh Ryan |June 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Oh, and no truth to the rumor that director Michael Bay has since optioned a script titled Hotelicopter: The Reckoning.

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A year later Galveston got published, and it was optioned for very little money.

Inside the Obsessive, Strange Mind of True Detective’s Nic Pizzolatto |Andrew Romano |February 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He optioned those four gaps at a low purchase price that was absurd.

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine |John Fox, Jr.
Somebody'd optioned another planet in the same system, and I hadn't counted on the competition.

Citadel |Algirdas Jonas Budrys
The past four years Alfred had optioned as many different farms, always dissuaded by the wife to give them up.

Watch Yourself Go By |Al. G. Field

British Dictionary definitions for optioned

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

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

option

noun

verb (used with object)

Origin of option

SYNONYMS FOR option

synonym study for option

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British Dictionary definitions for optioned

noun

verb

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BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

option

noun

verb (used with object)

Origin of option

SYNONYMS FOR option

synonym study for option

OTHER WORDS FROM option

Words nearby option

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