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option

noun
/ˈɒpʃən/UK/ˈɑpʃən/US

Etymology

From French option, from Latin optiō (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“to choose, select”). Equivalent to opt + -ion.

  1. derived from optiō — “choice; option; act of choosing”
  2. derived from option

Definitions

  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 freedom or right to choose.

    • The marriage had not been contracted by the father, who was apparently dead, but by an agnatic guardian, so that it was liable to cancellation at the option of the girl on her attaining puberty.

  3. A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price

    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.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. The acquiring or retention of a nationality through personal choice as a right, bypassing…

      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.

      • 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.
      • A right of option, mostly in favour of the nationality of the predecessor State, has been accorded in most cases of partial State succession, either by treaty or by domestic legislation.
      • This group constitutes around 9 percent of the total number of acquisitions of Dutch nationality through option.

    2. 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.

    3. To configure, by setting an option.

      • The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing.

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Derived

antioption, antioptionist, binary option, co-option, credit default option, greenshoe option, local option, low exercise price option, multioption, negative option, network option time, non-option, not an option, nuclear option, optionable, optionaire, optional, optionary, option button, optionee, optioneering, optionless, optionlike, optionor, option-select, option type, preoption, reoption, Samson Option, stock option, suboption, swaption, triple option, zero option

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at option. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01option02choices03choice04chosen05choose06select07options

A definitional loop anchored at option. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at option

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA