options

[op-shuhn]

op·tion

[op-shuhn]
noun
1.
the power or right of choosing.
2.
something that may be or is chosen; choice.
3.
the act of choosing.
4.
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.
EXPAND
6.
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.
Football. a play in which a back has a choice of either passing or running with the ball.
COLLAPSE
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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Options is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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

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


2. See choice. 2, 3. selection, election.

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