option en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɑpʃən/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ˈɒpʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From French option, from Latin optiō (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“to choose, select”). Equivalent to opt + -ion.
Meanings
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One of a set of choices that can be made.
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.
2012 January 14, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2012, page 74: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.
2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
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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.
1895, Roland Knyvet Wilson, A Digest of Anglo-Muhammadan Law:
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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.
1977 August 13, Pala Bennett, Mary Jo Risher, Ann Foreman, “"I'm A Mother, And I'm A Good One."”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 6, page 8:
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(uncountable) 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.
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.
1998, Venice Commission, Consequences of State Succession for Nationality, →ISBN, page 45:This group constitutes around 9 percent of the total number of acquisitions of Dutch nationality through option.
2012, Oliver W. Vonk, Dual Nationality in the European Union: A Study on Changing Norms […], →ISBN, page 243, note 154: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.
1928, Appeal to the Noble English Nation by the Committee of the Defenders of the Rights of Palestinian Arab Emigrants to the Palestinian Citizenship, page 10:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| options | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
greenshoe option · credit default option · optionor · optionary · stock option · option button · antioptionist · optionable · optionlike · low exercise price option · zero option · local option · optionless · Samson option · binary option · optionaire · Samson Option · co-option · network option time · antioption · negative option · optional · triple option · option type · preoption · non-option · reoption · swaption · optioneering · option-select · not an option · suboption · multioption · nuclear option · optionee
Hypernyms
derivative (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset)
Hyponyms
Bermudan option · fallback · call · trilemma · dilemma · European option · put option · warrant · put · American option (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset) · call option
Relateds
optimize · optimistic · opt · optimal · optimise · optimist · optimism
Synonyms
choice · alternative · option · possibility · contingency
Translations (160)
eu aukera (one of the choices that can be made) · fi optio (financial product) · eo opcio (one of the choices that can be made) · be вы́бар (freedom or right to choose) · ko 선택지 (one of the choices that can be made) · pl alternatywa (one of the choices that can be made) · ota اختیار (freedom or right to choose) · mr पर्याय (one of the choices that can be made) · sh ìzbor (one of the choices that can be made) · cs výběr (one of the choices that can be made) · sv valmöjlighet (one of the choices that can be made) · ko 선택 (freedom or right to choose) · mi kōwhiringa (one of the choices that can be made) · ota اختیار (one of the choices that can be made) · da mulighed (one of the choices that can be made) · cmn 選擇 /选择 (one of the choices that can be made) · ru вы́бор (freedom or right to choose) · yi אָפּציע (one of the choices that can be made) · ru вариа́нт (one of the choices that can be made) · tg интихоб (one of the choices that can be made) · de Option (one of the choices that can be made) · fa گُزینِه (one of the choices that can be made) · be варыя́нт (one of the choices that can be made) · hy ընտրություն (one of the choices that can be made) · nl keuze (one of the choices that can be made) · es opción financiera (financial product) · yue 選擇 /选择 (one of the choices that can be made) · ru о́пция (one of the choices that can be made) · da aktieoption (financial product) · yue 選擇 /选择 (freedom or right to choose) · hu döntési szabadság (freedom or right to choose) · ko 선택 (one of the choices that can be made) · be о́пцыя (one of the choices that can be made) · uk ви́бір (one of the choices that can be made) · tt сайлау (one of the choices that can be made) · he אופציה (one of the choices that can be made) · cmn 選擇 /选择 (freedom or right to choose) · sh о̀пција (one of the choices that can be made) · el προαίρεση (one of the choices that can be made) · cs volba (one of the choices that can be made) · ka ვარიანტი (one of the choices that can be made) · kk опцион (financial product) · fr option (one of the choices that can be made) · da valgmulighed (one of the choices that can be made) · be апцыён (financial product) · hu lehetőség (one of the choices that can be made) · mn сонголт (one of the choices that can be made) · bg и́збор (one of the choices that can be made) · nb valgmulighet (one of the choices that can be made) · hy ընտրանք (one of the choices that can be made) · sh ѝзбор (one of the choices that can be made) · el εκλογή (one of the choices that can be made) · sv option (handel) (financial product) · tt альтернатив (one of the choices that can be made) · tg ихтиёр (one of the choices that can be made) · pl opcja (financial product) · tr seçenek (one of the choices that can be made) · hu elővételi jog (financial product) · tt опция (one of the choices that can be made) · ar خِيَار m اِخْتِيَار (one of the choices that can be made) · ja 選択権 (freedom or right to choose) · tt ихтияр (one of the choices that can be made) · be вы́бар (one of the choices that can be made) · gl opción (one of the choices that can be made) · ja オプション (one of the choices that can be made) · fa اِختِیار (one of the choices that can be made) · de Option (financial product) · nb opsjon (financial product) · ru альтернати́ва (one of the choices that can be made) · uk альтернати́ва (one of the choices that can be made) · eo alternativo (one of the choices that can be made) · wa opcion (one of the choices that can be made) · et valik (one of the choices that can be made) · be альтэрнаты́ва (one of the choices that can be made) · ru вы́бор (one of the choices that can be made) · cs opce (financial product) · ro alegere (one of the choices that can be made) · eo opcio (financial product) · sv alternativ n val (one of the choices that can be made) · pl opcja (one of the choices that can be made) · ca opció (one of the choices that can be made) · sh òpcija (financial product) · it opzione (one of the choices that can be made) · pt opção (one of the choices that can be made) · uk варіа́нт (one of the choices that can be made) · cmn 選擇 /选择 (freedom or right to choose) · lo ທາງເລືອກ (one of the choices that can be made) · uz tahlash (one of the choices that can be made) · sk možnosť (one of the choices that can be made) · th ทางเลือก (one of the choices that can be made) · uk опціо́н (financial product) · id opsi (financial product) · id opsi (one of the choices that can be made) · hu opció (financial product) · sl možnost (one of the choices that can be made) · fr choix (one of the choices that can be made) · da option (financial product) · sk výber (one of the choices that can be made) · fi valinnanvapaus (freedom or right to choose) · ur اِخْتِیار (one of the choices that can be made) · el επιλογή (one of the choices that can be made) · th ตัวเลือก (one of the choices that can be made) · sh òpcija (one of the choices that can be made) · mk о́пција (one of the choices that can be made) · mr विकल्प (one of the choices that can be made) · km ជំរើស (one of the choices that can be made) · de Wahl (one of the choices that can be made) · is valmöguleiki (one of the choices that can be made) · cmn 期權 /期权 (financial product) · la optiō (one of the choices that can be made) · he אפשרות (freedom or right to choose) · bg опцио́н (financial product) · ja 選択 (one of the choices that can be made) · fa اِنتِخاب (one of the choices that can be made) · wa tchuze (freedom or right to choose) · sl izbira (one of the choices that can be made) · lt pasirinkimas (one of the choices that can be made) · lv izvēle (one of the choices that can be made) · fi vaihtoehto (one of the choices that can be made) · de Möglichkeit (one of the choices that can be made) · he ברירה (one of the choices that can be made) · hu választási lehetőség (freedom or right to choose) · bg вариа́нт (one of the choices that can be made) · nan-hbl 選擇 /选择 (one of the choices that can be made) · he אפשרות (one of the choices that can be made) · mk и́збор (one of the choices that can be made) · sk voľba (one of the choices that can be made) · es opción (one of the choices that can be made) · tt сайлау (freedom or right to choose) · wa relijha (one of the choices that can be made) · pl wybór (one of the choices that can be made) · cs možnost (one of the choices that can be made) · uk о́пція (one of the choices that can be made) · cmn 選擇權 /选择权 (freedom or right to choose) · he אופציה (financial product) · uk ви́бір (freedom or right to choose) · ko 선택권 (freedom or right to choose) · ja 選択 (freedom or right to choose) · hu opció (one of the choices that can be made) · id pilihan (one of the choices that can be made) · lv opcija (one of the choices that can be made) · bg алтернати́ва (one of the choices that can be made) · bg о́пция (one of the choices that can be made) · km ជម្រើស (one of the choices that can be made) · ko 옵션 (one of the choices that can be made) · de Alternative (one of the choices that can be made) · vi lựa chọn (one of the choices that can be made) · nl optie (one of the choices that can be made) · fr possibilité (one of the choices that can be made) · yi ברירה (one of the choices that can be made) · et valikuvõimalus (one of the choices that can be made) · bg и́збор (freedom or right to choose) · eo elekto (one of the choices that can be made) · lt optacija (one of the choices that can be made) · ms pilihan (one of the choices that can be made) · hi विकल्प (one of the choices that can be made) · sh о̀пција (financial product) · ro opțiune (one of the choices that can be made) · ja 選択肢 (one of the choices that can be made) · ru опцио́н (financial product)