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option
[ op-shuhn ]
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.
- 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.
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
- See traded optioncommerce 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
- See local optionshort for local option
- keep one's options openkeep one's options openleave one's options open not to commit oneself
- See soft optionSee soft option
verb
- tr to obtain or grant an option on
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- option·a·ble adjective
- pre·option noun
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Example Sentences
I understand that this is human trafficking, but I know that my people have no other option.
This simply is not an option for ACC to source indeterminately.
Judging from current figures, there would be a substantial demand for this option, too.
In all likelihood this last option is what we will get for the foreseeable future.
For everybody else, public schools were the only option—and these institutions often had an abysmal record.
That we should attack one week and the French another week is rotten tactically; but, practically, we have no option.
A term may also continue during the option of either of the parties to be ended on notice by the party exercising the option.
In taking them up, the earth may be (p. 434) allowed to remain on the roots, or shaken off, at the option of the grower.
When the plants are to be hung on lath they may be wilted before "stringing" or not, at the option of the grower.
The "wrappers" should be cased by themselves and "the seconds" and "fillers" together or separate at the option of the packer.
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