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nounthe act of choosing or selectingtype of:
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"what option did I have?"nounone of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
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nounthe right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeitedtype of:
Definition that contains option
- call the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
- put the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
- carry secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)
- relationship (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
- menu (computer science) a list of options available to a computer user
- punks a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes)
- extension a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
- caller an investor who buys a call option
- dilemma state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
- default an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified