option
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French option, from Latin optiō (“‘choice; option; act of choosing’”), from optō (“‘I choose, select’”).
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option (plural options)
- One of the choices which can be made.
- The freedom or right to choose.
- (finance) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price.
[edit] Synonyms
- alternative
- choice
- possibility
- See also Wikisaurus:option
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- (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset): American option, Bermudan option, European option, call, put, warrant
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one of the choices which can be made
financial product
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[edit] Verb
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to option (third-person singular simple present options, present participle optioning, simple past and past participle optioned)
- To purchase an option on something.
- The new novel was optioned by the film studio, but they'll probably never decide to make a movie from it.
[edit] External links
- option in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- option in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Finnish
[edit] Noun
option
- Genitive singular form of optio.
