choice

IPA: tʃˈɔɪs

An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
(uncountable) The power to choose.
One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
Anything that can be chosen.
(usually with the) The best or most preferable part.
(obsolete) Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
(obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.
A surname.
(set theory) Ellipsis of axiom of choice. [(set theory) One of the axioms of set theory, equivalent to the statement that an arbitrary direct product of non-empty sets is non-empty; any version of said axiom, for example specifying the cardinality of the number of sets from which choices are made.]

Examples of "choice" in Sentences

Talking about the paradox of choice in software configuration we mustn't forget that configuration is not * choice*!
Overall, I feel that making my children's school lunch is a healthier choice, as well as being a more frugal choice*.
To highlight the point, the following terminological distinction has been suggested: The term choice should be used to encompass the sorting out of options, whether conscious or nonconscious.
_right_ to sell his servant, would annihilate the servant's right of choice in his own disposal; but says the objector, "to give the master a right to _buy_ a servant, equally annihilates the servant's _right of choice_."
To give the master a _right_ to sell his servant, would annihilate the servant's right of choice in his own disposal; but says the objector, To give the master a right to _buy_ a servant, equally annihilates the servant's _right of choice_.
“Pro-choice and anti-”choice for men” activists differentiate between the choice to not continue a pregnancy and the choice to not pay child support for the same reason the courts allow people to sue for money but not for pounds of flesh.”
To give the master a _right_ to sell his servant, would annihilate the servant's right of choice in his own disposal; but says the objector, "to give the master a right to _buy_ a servant, equally annihilates the servant's _right of choice_."