option
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
option (plural options)
- One of a set of choices that can be made. [from the 19th c.]
- The freedom or right to choose.
- (finance, legal) 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. [from the mid-18th c.]
- French: choix, possibilité, option
- German: Alternative, Option
- Italian: opzione
- Portuguese: opção
- Russian: о́пция
- Spanish: opción, alternativa
option (options, present participle optioning; past and past participle optioned)
- To purchase an option on something. [from the 20th c]
- The new novel was optioned by the film studio, but they'll probably never decide to make a movie from it.
- (computing, dated) To configure, by setting an option.
- 1991, Martin D. Seyer, RS-232 made easy
- The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing.
- 1991, Martin D. Seyer, RS-232 made easy
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