option

== English == === Etymology === From French option, from Latin optiō (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“I choose, select”). Equivalent to opt +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒpʃən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑpʃən/ === Noun === option (plural options) One of a set of choices that can be made. [from 19th c.] The freedom or right to choose. (finance, law) 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 mid-18th c.] (law, 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. ==== Synonyms ==== alternative choice possibility See also Thesaurus:option ==== Hypernyms ==== (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset): derivative ==== Hyponyms ==== (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset): American option, Bermudan option, European option, call option or call, put option or put, warrant ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === option (third-person singular simple present options, present participle optioning, simple past and past participle optioned) To purchase an option on something. [from 20th c.] (computing, dated) To configure, by setting an option. === Further reading === “option”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “option”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “option”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === potion == Finnish == === Noun === option genitive singular of optio === Anagrams === opinto, opinto- == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin optiōnem (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“to choose, select”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔp.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === option f (plural options) option === Further reading === “option”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012