choice, option, alternative, preference, selection, election mean the act or opportunity of choosing or the thing chosen. choice suggests the opportunity or privilege of choosing freely. option …

OPTION definition: the power or right of choosing. See examples of option used in a sentence.

OPTION definition: 1. one thing that can be chosen from a set of possibilities, or the freedom to make a choice: 2…. Learn more.

In business, an option is an agreement or contract that gives someone the right to buy or sell something such as property or shares at a future date.

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(Commerce) an exclusive opportunity, usually for a limited period, to buy something at a future date: he has a six-month option on the Canadian rights to this book.

the right, as granted in a contract or by an initial payment, of acquiring something in the future: We bought one lot and took a 90-day option on an adjoining one.

Definition of option noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

OPTION meaning: 1 : the opportunity or ability to choose something or to choose between two or more things; 2 : something that can be chosen a choice or possibility

An option is something that can be chosen — it's a possibility. Even something crazy — like jumping off a cliff — is always an option, just not a good one.