## Meanings
1. One of several things you can choose from.
2. The freedom or right to choose.
3. A contract giving the right to buy or sell something at a set price.
4. To buy the right to use or develop something later.

## Examples
- You have two options: stay here or come with us.
- Working from home is no longer an option for most of the staff.
- The studio bought an option on the rights to the novel.
- The film studio optioned her book before it was even published.

## Synonyms
- alternative
- choice
- contingency
- possibility

## Derived Forms
- antioption
- antioptionist
- co-option
- multioption
- non-option
- option-select
- optionable
- optionaire
- optional
- optionary
- optionee
- optioneering

## Related Forms
- opt
- optimal
- optimise
- optimism
- optimist
- optimistic
- optimize

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: option
- Root: optiō

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

## AI Etymology
Option comes from French option, from Latin optiō (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“to choose, select”). Equivalent to opt + -ion. The historical chain includes French option and Latin optiō. Modern senses include one of several things you can choose from and the freedom or right to choose. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antioption, antioptionist, co-option, multioption, non-option, and option-select and related forms such as opt, optimal, optimise, and optimism.

## Topics
- Money & Finance
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