option

Significado

Noun

1. One of a set of choices that can be made.
2. The freedom or right to choose.
3. 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.
4. 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

1. To purchase an option on something.
2. To configure, by setting an option.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɒpʃən/

Etimología

From French option, from Latin optiō (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“I choose, select”). Equivalent to opt + -ion.

Oraciones

These systems may provide an option to hide the escape sequences .

Estos sistemas pueden proporcionar una opción para ocultar las secuencias de escape.

" Surrender is not an option ", the mercenary asserted .

"La rendición no es una opción", afirmó el mercenario.