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Option
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- 1 One of a set of choices that can be made.
"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."
- 2 the act of choosing or selecting wordnet
- 3 The freedom or right to choose.
- 4 one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen wordnet
- 5 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.
"There's a book out on us and there's gonna be a movie based on the book. ABC has bought the option for a movie to be made specially for T.V."
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- 6 the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited wordnet
- 7 The acquiring or retention of a nationality through personal choice as a right, bypassing selective legal mechanisms for naturalization, especially in cases where a territory is transferred or passed on from one state to another. uncountable
"At that time every emigrant who was made aware of such a notification submitted his application for option to the British Consuls within the period prescribed."
- 1 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."
- 2 To configure, by setting an option. dated
"The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing."
Etymology
From French option, from Latin optiō (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“I choose, select”). Equivalent to opt + -ion.
From French option, from Latin optiō (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“I choose, select”). Equivalent to opt + -ion.
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