Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - option
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n. 1 a the act or an instance of choosing; a choice. b a thing that is or may be chosen (those are the options). 2 the liberty of choosing; freedom of choice. 3 Stock Exch. etc. the right, obtained by payment, to buy, sell, etc. specified stocks etc. at a specified price within a set time. Phrases and idioms have no option but to must. keep (or leave) one's options open not commit oneself. Etymology: F or f. L optio, stem of optare choose
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I. noun Etymology: French, from Latin ~-, optio free choice; akin to Latin optare to choose Date: 1593 an act of choosing, 2. the power or right to choose ; freedom of choice, a privilege of demanding fulfillment of a contract on any day within a specified time, a contract conveying a right to buy or sell designated securities, commodities, or property interest at a specified price during a stipulated period, a right of an insured person to choose the form in which payments due on a policy shall be made or applied, something that may be chosen: as, an alternative course of action , an item that is offered in addition to or in place of standard equipment, an offensive football play in which a back may choose whether to pass or run with the ball, see: choice II. transitive verb Date: 1926 to grant or take an ~ on, to acquire the exclusive right to use (an author's work) as the basis for a motion picture ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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