option

Etymology
From, from , from. Equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) One of a set of choices that 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.
 * 4)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  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

 * See also Thesaurus:option
 * See also Thesaurus:option
 * See also Thesaurus:option
 * See also Thesaurus:option

Hypernyms

 * derivative

Hyponyms

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

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: اِخْتِيَار
 * Armenian: ,
 * Assamese:
 * Basque: aukera
 * Belarusian: вы́бар, о́пцыя, варыя́нт, альтэрнаты́ва
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: о́пция,, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 選擇
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:, elekto, opcio
 * Estonian: valikuvõimalus, valik
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ვარიანტი
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Gujarati:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: valmöguleiki
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer: ជំរើស,
 * Korean:, 옵션, 선택지(選擇肢)
 * Lao: ທາງເລືອກ
 * Latin: optiō
 * Latvian: izvēle, opcija
 * Lithuanian:, optacija
 * Macedonian: о́пција, и́збор
 * Malay:
 * Maori: kōwhiringa
 * Marathi: विकल्प, पर्याय
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: valgmulighet
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ѝзбор, о̀пција
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: možnosť, voľba, výber
 * Slovene:, izbira
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, valmöjlighet,
 * Tajik: ,
 * Thai: ตัวเลือก,
 * Ukrainian: ви́бір, о́пція, ,
 * Urdu: اِخْتِیار
 * Uzbek: tahlash
 * Vietnamese:
 * Walloon:, opcion
 * Yiddish: ברירה, אָפּציע


 * Belarusian: вы́бар
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 選擇
 * Hokkien: ,
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: valinnanvapaus
 * Hungarian:, döntési szabadság
 * Japanese:, 選択権
 * Korean: ,
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian: ви́бір
 * Walloon:


 * Belarusian: апцыён
 * Bulgarian: опцио́н
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, aktieoption
 * Esperanto: opcio
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, elővételi jog
 * Indonesian:
 * Kazakh: опцион
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: о̀пција
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: opción financiera,
 * Swedish: option (handel)
 * Ukrainian:


 * Hebrew: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Urdu:

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.
 * 1)  To configure, by setting an option.

Etymology
, from.