option
IPA: ˈɑpʃʌn
noun
- One of a set of choices that can be made.
- The freedom or right to choose.
- (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile.
- (law, uncountable) The acquiring or retention of a nationality through personal choice as a right, bypassing selective legal mechanisms for naturalization, especially in cases where a territory is transferred or passed on from one state to another.
verb
- To purchase an option on something.
- (computing, dated) To configure, by setting an option.
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Examples of "option" in Sentences
- If (option: = SubStr (A_LoopField,1,1)) % option%: = SubStr (A_LoopField,2)
- The $option argument in the preceding code specifies the option you want to set, while the
- You see, I didn't even notice the label option until I was about 170 posts into this project.
- I prefer the Professor when I am actually teaching, and I use the Dr. when I am given the title option on forms.
- Now, your main option is to sue, but that involves long legal battles, and time, money and legal talent are all on the side of the insurance companies.
- You can set those options when you initially connect to the database using the connect and factory methods or you can set them (one option at a time), using the setOption method which has the following prototype: bool | MDB2_Error setOption (string $option, mixed $value)
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