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Grammar : Noun
Spell : op-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒp ʃən

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Définition of options

Origin :
  • c.1600, "action of choosing," from French option (Old French opcion), from Latin optionem (nominative optio) "choice, free choice, liberty to choose," from root of optare "to desire, choose," from PIE root *op- "to choose, prefer." Meaning "thing that may be chosen" is attested from 1885. Commercial transaction sense first recorded 1755 (the verb in this sense is from 1934). As a North American football play, it is recorded from 1954.
  • noun alternative
Example sentences :
  • We find the fullness of life not only in options, but in commitments.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • If options are allowed, the proportion of books may be reduced.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • All of our options to brokers were to expire on the 15th of March and this was the 13th.
  • Extract from : « My Adventures with Your Money » by George Graham Rice
  • It was not in order to get free of your options that I tell you this.
  • Extract from : « Thorley Weir » by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
  • When his options were within two hours of expiring he called on Ford & Carter.
  • Extract from : « Cappy Ricks Retires » by Peter B. Kyne
  • The options matured, and behold there was no K. A. on the market!
  • Extract from : « A Captain of Industry » by Upton Sinclair
  • In addition to “futures” proper there are “options” and “straddles.”
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 » by Various
  • But they can get it if they get the options on a large part of the farms.
  • Extract from : « The Shepherd of the North » by Richard Aumerle Maher
  • With his share of this money he had laid narrow margins on a dozen options.
  • Extract from : « Gold » by Stewart White
  • There is speculation in leases, in options on real estate, and in options on leases.
  • Extract from : « The Value of Money » by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.

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