option
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French option, from Latin optiō (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“I choose, select”). Equivalent to opt + -tion.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
option (plural options)
- One of the choices which can be made.
- 2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, BBC Sport:
- Luiz struggled with the movement of Helguson in the box, as he collected a long ball and the Spaniard barged him over, leaving referee Chris Foy little option but to point to the spot.
- 2012 January 1, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 74:
- Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.
- 2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, BBC Sport:
- 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; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile.
- (graphical user interface) A button on a screen used to select an action (often "menu option")
Synonyms[edit]
- alternative
- choice
- possibility
- See also Wikisaurus:option
Hyponyms[edit]
- (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset): American option, Bermudan option, European option, call option or call, put option or put, warrant
Derived terms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
one of the choices which can be made
financial product
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Verb[edit]
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.
External links[edit]
- option in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- option in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
option
- Genitive singular form of optio.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin optiō (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“I choose, select”).
Noun[edit]
option f (plural options)
