Dictionary Definition
option
Noun
1 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
2 one of a number of things from which only one
can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other
alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse" [syn: alternative, choice]
3 the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice
of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: choice, selection, pick]
User Contributed Dictionary
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one of the choices which can be made
- Czech: možnost
financial product
- Czech: opce
- Esperanto: elekto, alternativo
- Finnish: vaihtoehto
- Urdu: murzi
- Hebrew: אפשרות (efshārut) , אופציה (optsiā)
- Interlingua: option
- Portuguese: opção
- Spanish: opción
- Swedish: val, alternativ, valmöjlighet, option (handel)
Finnish
Noun
optionExtensive Definition
An option is a right, but not necessarily an
obligation, to do something. For options in specific contexts,
see:
- Option (finance)
- Option (law), the right to compel a future transfer of property
- Option (films)
- Option (baseball)
- Option (aircraft purchasing)
Option may also refer to:
- option offense, a system of offensive running plays in American Football
- Option
(car magazine), a Japanese automotive magazine for enthusiasts
of modified Japanese cars
- Video Option (international title - J.D.M. Option)
- Option (music magazine), a defunct American music magazine
- Option N.V., a company providing wireless technology solutions
- "Options", a song by Pedro the Lion from his 2002 album Control
- Option key, a key on Apple computer keyboards
- a parameter or setting of a specific computer configuration
- Option, a company that provide broadband wireless equipment
- Options (Welcome To Paradox), An episode of Welcome to Paradox
option in German: Option
option in Korean: 옵션
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
alternate choice, alternative, call, chance, choice, discretion, druthers, election, emption, first option, first
refusal, free choice, free decision, free will, full consent,
noncontingent free will, opportunity, optionality, pleasure, possible choice,
preemption, preference, prerogative, privilege, put, put and call, recourse, refusal, right, right of emption, right of
preemption, say, say-so,
selection, spread, stock option, straddle, strap, strip, way out, will and
pleasure