Option

Noun

 * 1) One of the choices which can be made.
 * 2) The freedom or right to choose.
 * 3)  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.

Synonyms

 * alternative
 * choice
 * possibility
 * See also Thesaurus:option

Hyponyms

 * American option, Bermudan option, European option, call option or call, put option or put, warrant

Derived terms

 * optionable
 * optional
 * stock option

Related terms

 * opt
 * optimal
 * optimise, optimize
 * optimism
 * optimist
 * optimistic

Verb

 * 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.

Verbs for Option
abandon—; acquire—; assign—to; execute —; exercise—; purchase—; reject—; share —; specify in—; utilize—; vote on—; —expires; —guarantees; —insures; —provides; —relinquishes; —reserves; —seduces; — tempts.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From option:, from  optio:, from opto:.

Noun

 * Basque: aukera
 * Catalan: opció
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * French: ,


 * Greek:, προαίρεση,
 * Italian: opzione
 * Norwegian: valgmulighet
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:


 * Czech:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Esperanto: elekto, alternativo
 * Finnish: vaihtoehto
 * Urdu: murzi
 * Hebrew: אפשרות (efshārut), אופציה (optsiā)


 * Interlingua: option
 * Swedish: val, alternativ, valmöjlighet, option (handel)

Anagrams

 * potion

Noun
option



Noun

 * 1) option

Etymology
From optio:, from opto:.