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noun
1.
the power or right of choosing.
2.
something that may be or is chosen; choice.
3.
the act of choosing.
4.
EXPANDan 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.
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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.
7.
COLLAPSEFootball. a play in which a back has a choice of either passing or running with the ball.
verb (used with object)
8.
to acquire or grant an option on: The studio has optioned his latest novel for film adaptation.
9.
to provide with optional equipment: The car can be fully optioned at additional cost.
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Option
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Example Sentences
- In other words, get ready for the sales clerk to offer you yet another option along with the useless extended warranty.
- So planting trees or tall shrubs to give them the desired screening wasn't a viable option.
- Alternately the authors could be given the option of removing their own duplicates with a simple authentication routine.
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World English Dictionary
| option (ˈɒpʃən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act or an instance of choosing or deciding |
| 2. | the power or liberty to choose |
| 3. | 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 |
| 4. | commerce See also traded option 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 |
| 5. | something chosen; choice |
| 6. | (NZ) short for local option |
| 7. | keep one's options open, leave one's options open not to commit oneself |
| 8. | See soft option |
| —vb | |
| 9. | (tr) to obtain or grant an option on |
| [C17: from Latin optiō free choice, from optāre to choose] | |
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Word Origin & History
option
c.1600, "action of choosing," from Fr. option, from L. optionem (nom. optio) "choice, free choice," related to optare "to desire, choose," from PIE base *op- "to choose, prefer." Meaning "thing that may be chosen" is attested from 1885. Commercial transaction sense first recorded 1755 (the verb in this
EXPANDsense is from 1934). As a N.Amer. football play, it is recorded from 1954.
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