Antonyms for options

Grammar : Noun

Spell : op-shuhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒp ʃən

Definition 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.

Synonyms for options

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