optionop‧tion /ˈɒpʃən $ ˈɑːp-/ ●●● S1 W2 AWL noun 
There are a number of options available. He had two options. This was not the only option open to him.option for a range of options for cutting costsone/another option is to do something Another option is to rent somewhere for six months.option of doing something She had the option of staying for an extra year. Teenage mothers often have no option but to (=have no other choice except to) live with their parents.2keep/leave your options open to wait before making a decision: I’m keeping all my options open for the moment.3computers [countable] one of the possible choices you can make when using computer software: Select an option from the main menu. a list of options4easy option (also soft option British English) the choice which will be the least difficult, least strict, or need the least effort, which someone might choose because they are lazy: Is community service just a soft option for criminals?5right to buy/sell [countable] formal the right to buy or sell something in the futureoption on The government has agreed to buy 20 planes, with an option on a further 10. Connor now owns 302,000 shares and options.6at school/university [countable] British English one of the subjects that you can choose to study at school for an examination, or as part of a course at a college or university: advice on choosing your options7something additional [countable] something that is offered in addition to the standard equipment when you buy something new, especially a car8first option the chance to buy or get something before anyone elseoption on They’ve agreed to give us the first option on their apartment.COLLOCATIONSverbshave an option· At the moment, children have the option of leaving school at 16.· In a situation like this, you have two options.give/offer somebody an option· Some employees were given the option of retiring early.· Buyers will usually be offered the option of paying in instalments.choose an option· Fewer women are choosing the option of motherhood.go for an option (=choose an option)· Which option do you think they'll go for?take (up) an option (=choose an option)· America was persuaded not to take up the option of military action.look at an option (=consider an option)· You have to look at every option as your business develops.limit your options (=limit what you can choose to do)· If you don’t go to college, it may limit your options.adjectivesa good/better option· Renting a house may be a better option than buying.an attractive option (=one that sounds or is good)· If time is short, taking the car to northern France is an attractive option.a realistic/real/serious option (=something that you can really choose to do)· I wanted to start my own business but financially it was never a realistic option.a viable/practical option (=something you can choose that will be successful)· Surgery may be a viable option when all else fails.a popular option· Independent sixth-form colleges are becoming a popular option.a cheap option· We urgently need to find a cheaper option than oil or gas.a safe option (=one that involves no risk)· A special savings account can be a safe option.somebody’s preferred option formal (=the option someone likes best)· The new scheme appears to be the airport management’s preferred option.an easy option (also a soft option British English) (=a choice which is not difficult, or which needs the least effort)· For most people, divorce is never an easy option.phrasesan option is open/available to somebody (=a particular choice is available to someone)· Giving a prison sentence is only one of the options open to the judge.keep/leave your options open (=to not limit what you can choose to do later)· Studying a broad range of subjects helps to keep your options open.have no/little option but to do something (=have no other choice than to do something)· I had no option but to fire him.a range of options· The council is considering a range of options for improving the city’s transport system.
WORD ORIGINoption
Origin:
1500-1600 French, Latin optio ‘free choice’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- As for replacement fuels, many people do not like to contemplate the nuclear option.
- He basically has two options: he can have the surgery, or he can give up playing football.
- I haven't signed any contracts yet - I want to keep my options open.
- Joining the military seemed like the best option at the time.
- Leather seats are an option on the Toyota Camry.
- Our only option now is to contact the police.
- Press "P" to select the print option.
- These people have no option but to take low paid unattractive work.
- What other options do I have?
- Working full-time may not be your best option.
- Among the options now under consideration, White House officials said, were a restoration of those earlier restrictions.
- He pointed out that a design could be drawn using one option and knitted using another.
- If the invitation says black tie optional, take the option.
- Murray pocketed $ 2, 971, including options, and Kennedy won merchandise and $ 200 in options money.
- The Corrado also has a multi-function computer, while the Calibra has a no-cost option of metallic paint.
- Where these materials have to be cleaned methylene chloride is the only chemical option once items are soiled.
THESAURUS
: choice of · The school seems OK, but there isn’t a great choice of courses.have a choice (=be able to choose from several things) · With her high grades and athletic skill, Celeste had her choice of colleges.have no choice but to do something (=to be forced to do something because there is nothing else you can choose) · Spooner says he had no choice but to file for bankruptcy.wide choice (=a lot of things to choose from) · There is a wide choice of hotels and hostels in the town.
one of the things that you can choose to do in a particular situation: · He basically has two options: he can have the surgery, or he can give up playing football.keep/leave your options open (=delay choosing so that you continue to have several things to choose from): · I haven’t signed any contracts yet – I want to keep my options open.
one of two or more ways of doing something: · Did you consider other alternatives before you moved in with Lucy?alternative to: · There is no practical alternative to our current policy.have no alternative (=to not have a choice): · He says he doesn’t want to see a doctor, but I’m afraid he has no alternative.
Longman Language Activatorthe things or people that you can choose from: choice of · The school seems OK, but there isn't a great choice of courses.have a choice (=be able to choose from several things) · With her high grades and athletic skill, Celeste had her choice of colleges.have no choice but to do something (=to be forced to do something because there is nothing else you can choose) · Spooner says he had no choice but to file for bankruptcy.wide choice (=a lot of things to choose from) · There is a wide choice of hotels and hostels in the town.
one of the things that you can choose to do in a particular situation: · He basically has two options: he can have the surgery, or he can give up playing football.keep/leave your options open (=delay choosing so that you continue to have several things to choose from): · I haven't signed any contracts yet - I want to keep my options open.
one of two or more ways of doing something: · Did you consider other alternatives before you moved in with Lucy?alternative to: · There is no practical alternative to our current policy.have no alternative (=to not have a choice): · He says he doesn't want to see a doctor, but I'm afraid he has no alternative.
a lot of things of a similar type for you to choose from, especially in a shop: selection of: · A wonderful selection of cakes and pastries was displayed in the window.wide/large selection: · The restaurant offers a wide selection of local dishes.
if there is a particular range of things or people to choose from , you can choose what you want from that range: · There are a lot of good restaurants downtown to choose from.· Portland has so many theaters to choose from.
a particular way of dealing with something an action or several actions which could be taken in order to deal with a particular situation: · The best course of action would be to speak to her and tell her the whole story.· One possible course of action is to increase taxes on alcohol and tobacco.· Jim didn't want to start an argument, so agreeing seemed to be the safest course.
a particular way of dealing with a problem, difficult situation, or job: · The company needs to adopt a much more radical approach.approach to: · Each of the delegates suggested a different approach to the problem.· the government's aggressive approach to the question of homelessness
one of several ways that you could choose in order to deal with a problem or a difficult situation: · Working full-time may not be your best option.· What other options do I have?only option (=the only thing you can do): · Our only option now is to contact the police.no option (=no other way of dealing with something): · These people have no option but to take low-paid unattractive work.environmental/nuclear/political etc option: · As for replacement fuels, many people do not like to contemplate the nuclear option.
spoken the best way of dealing with something: · For getting around the city centre, a bicycle's your best bet.somebody's best bet is to do something: · We decided that our best bet was to leave him where he was and go and get help.
the easiest way to do something · The easiest way of making money is to get other people to do it for you.do things the easy way · As a student, Louise was lazy, and always did things the easy way.take the easy way out (=avoid the difficult or best way by doing something that is easier) · I decided to take the easy way out and take a different class.
also soft option British if someone takes the easy option they choose to do the easiest thing they can, rather than something that is better but more difficult, because they are lazy: take the easy/soft option: · Instead of working to keep their marriages, more and more people are taking the easy option and getting divorced.be an easy/soft option: · Some people think that studying languages instead of sciences is a soft option.
to be forced to do something because of a bad situation: force somebody to do something · They had so little money that they were forced to sell the farm.· They were halfway up the mountain, when the weather became so bad that they were forced to turn back. force somebody into something · Here, girls are often forced into prostitution because they have no other means of earning money.
if something, especially someone else's behaviour drives someone to do something, it has such a bad effect on them that it forces them to take extreme action: drive somebody to do something: · At the trial, she claimed that years of abuse from her violent husband had driven her to kill him.drive somebody to despair/desperation etc: · Many farmers claim that they have been driven to desperation by the latest blow to the industry.drive somebody to drink (=make someone drink alcohol all the time in order to forget their situation): · This job's enough to drive anyone to drink!drive somebody into doing something: · Her mother's continual nagging drove her into running away from home.
to be forced to do something because it is the only thing you can do even though you may not want to do it: · We had to leave them there. We had no choice.· Firefighters said they had to knock down the remaining walls - they have no other option.leave somebody with no choice/option but to do something: · You leave me with no option but to resign.leave somebody with no choice/ option: · The business was failing, and in the end we had to close it down. We were left with no choice.
formal if a bad situation compels someone to do something they do not want to do, they are forced to do it because they feel there is nothing else they can do: · The high cost of materials will compel manufacturers to increase their prices.· These people are compelled by poverty to commit crime.
to be forced to accept a very unhappy situation because there is nothing else you can do: be condemned to do something: · The rich lived in luxury while thousands were condemned to live a life of poverty and despair.be condemned to something: · The island was condemned to centuries of colonial rule.· The accident condemned her to a lifetime of pain and disability.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs A committee was set up to canvass the city’s educational options. So what other options are open to us? Officers investigating her death are keeping their options open.
· At the moment, children have the option of leaving school at 16.· In a situation like this, you have two options.
· Some employees were given the option of retiring early.· Buyers will usually be offered the option of paying in instalments.
· Fewer women are choosing the option of motherhood.
(=choose an option)· Which option do you think they'll go for?
(=choose an option)· America was persuaded not to take up the option of military action.
(=consider an option)· You have to look at every option as your business develops.
(=limit what you can choose to do)· If you don’t go to college, it may limit your options.
adjectives· Renting a house may be a better option than buying.
(=one that sounds or is good)· If time is short, taking the car to northern France is an attractive option.
(=something that you can really choose to do)· I wanted to start my own business but financially it was never a realistic option.
(=something you can choose that will be successful)· Surgery may be a viable option when all else fails.
· Independent sixth-form colleges are becoming a popular option.
· We urgently need to find a cheaper option than oil or gas.
(=one that involves no risk)· A special savings account can be a safe option.
formal (=the option someone likes best)· The new scheme appears to be the airport management’s preferred option.
(also a soft option British English) (=a choice which is not difficult, or which needs the least effort)· For most people, divorce is never an easy option.
phrases (=a particular choice is available to someone)· Giving a prison sentence is only one of the options open to the judge.
(=to not limit what you can choose to do later)· Studying a broad range of subjects helps to keep your options open.
(=have no other choice than to do something)· I had no option but to fire him.
· The council is considering a range of options for improving the city’s transport system.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES A committee was set up to canvass the city’s educational options. (=force someone to take a particular action) You leave me with no choice but to fire you.
You leave me with no choice but to fire you. So what other options are open to us? Officers investigating her death are keeping their options open.· We do not believe there is any realistic alternative.
British English (=a choice that allows you to avoid difficulties or hard work) Taking the soft option won’t help your career to develop.
Taking the soft option won’t help your career to develop.· Moving the company was not a viable option.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The unforeseen Sometimes there just is not time to consider all available options.· I shrink into the shade of a skinny saguaro -- the best available option -- to wait.· All of the currently available options are explained with examples of the pages as they appear to the user.· Make sure to compare all the available options.· On balance, the least inflammatory of the available options were selected.· These individuals may rightfully perceive that under such conditions, leaving is the only available option.· The Ingres relational database is no longer bundled, but is available as an option.· The regulation of insider dealing necessarily involves a complex assessment of the available regulatory options.
· His refusal to take the easy option is admirable.· And appearing only for the defence has always seemed too easy an option.· In a situation of this sort ignorance is often the easy option.· But their other argument is possibly more persuasive: it's that farm saving is not an easy option.· It is, though, an easy option for simple Web pages.· Well, he certainly achieved it but remember, winning championships is the easy option.· Promising extra money, though welcome in itself, is the easy option.· Trotting is very pleasant, but it's not an easy option.
· Natural stone is more difficult and expensive, but the best option if you want to plant into the sides.· Canned meats and poultry, which can be opened just before eating, are good options.· It is actively looking for more pilot schemes to identify the greater efficiencies needed and the best options available for waste collection.· Sit and wait tactics may be your best option here, for a few hours at least.· I shrink into the shade of a skinny saguaro -- the best available option -- to wait.· Coastal walking or following our lowland canals are good options for the stalking season.· Unfortunately, he may still be the best option.
· Sometimes despair is the only option.· It is sometimes quite hard for a person to do the unconventional, but that may be the only safe option.· The military defeat of Taylor appeared increasingly to be the only option for an end to the conflict.· The only option to flee south.· On arrival, getting drunk seemed his only option, the sickening hangover after three days a minimal punishment.· Where these materials have to be cleaned methylene chloride is the only chemical option once items are soiled.· Death or surrender became the only options.· The only other option for cyclists is a busy B road which is unsafe for family cycling.
· If this does not occur, then revert to the normal diet and consider other options.· The other main option is to move into commerce and industry.· The other option is to have it resident at all times but is activated only when you want a fax converting.· By jacking up the price of the cheapest disposal route, a landfill tax makes other options look more attractive.· But if some of our constituents had been offered other options, they would not have chosen residential or nursing care.· Other variations - Pekinese and Szechwan among them - offer other options like a greater variety of baked and highly-spiced dishes.· The only other option for cyclists is a busy B road which is unsafe for family cycling.· Kennedy was understandably wary and disposed to explore other options.
· Mr. Chope Consultants are working on possible route options, and we plan to publish them in the summer of next year.· Computers tend to play a boring, conservative style that emphasizes their strengths in quickly calculating many possible options.· The following three examples are used to highlight possible options.· The possible options have already been summarised by Figure 3.· The Shop needed a statement on the current position and possible options for action.· But every so often, such as now, killing does seem the best possible option.· Job sharing is one possible option to ease the return to work.· The site was established but its future use was initially vague: a concert hall was one possible option.
· Just one proviso and it is one that everyone in our industry knows ... this business is no soft option.· And if anyone thinks this is a soft option - try a cliff-top route with a storm blowing.· Probation should in no sense be seen as a soft option by the judiciary.· All my life I had chosen the soft options: good times, good company, good fun.· It argued that these were not soft options but properly applied would be tough penalties which aided the battle to reduce crime.· So often in my life, where I've made a mistake, it has been by taking the soft option.· The soft option of imprisonment is not the answer!· Organisers deny it's a soft option.
· The Black-Scholes model also is widely used for valuing the stock options in the compensation packages of corporate executives.· The Black-Scholes model is prized because it measures the fair value of stock option contracts.· They do not have stockholders or stock options for executives.· These figures do not include stock options.· Quigley holds 105, 000 unexercised stock options and Dorman holds 50, 000.· For example, many corporations reward executives with stock options in addition to salary.· And stock options, for decades reserved to the top 400 executives, now have been opened up far wider.· Traditional rewards for work are material: promotions with in-creased pay, bonuses, stock options, and generous benefit packages.
· The most difficult part will be deciding between the various shipping options.· Over breakfast the group discussed the various options for the day.· He also described the various channel tunnel options currently being studied by the Ministry.· Goldman will present various options to the company within 60 days, he said.· This sample illustrates how easy it is to create abstract patterns from familiar objects by using the various options available.· For weeks, the teams have been discussing various options, to no avail.· Fabio had various options, and nearly took the wrong one.· There are various options open to an organization in deciding how much to spend on advertising its products.
· Most schools are in such poor physical condition and are so poorly equipped that this is unlikely to be a viable option.· But a few weeks on the job convinced him that mere maintenance was not, in this instance, a viable option.· This leaves criminal prosecution as the only viable option.· This is not a viable option in the long run.· It would be up to the scientists to decide which is the viable option and which belongs to the realm of science fiction.· Despite frequent double-teaming, Shaw was still the Bears' most viable receiving option.· This, it seems, was not a viable option.· Moving the company was not a viable option.
NOUN· Volume in both the call options and Loral stock was unusually heavy last Thursday and Friday.
· The number of option contracts can not exceed 10 percent of the number of securities in issue. 2.· The Black-Scholes model is prized because it measures the fair value of stock option contracts.· Last week saw an average 100 traded options contracts traded each day.· In August 1991 an option contract was launched on the Bund future.· Such tailor made option contracts should be distinguished from the traded options we consider here.· Each option contract consists of the rights to buy or sell 1,000 of the underlying shares.· Foreign currency option contracts were introduced in 1984.· No long interest rate future or option contract exists at present due to the lack of liquidity in the underlying cash bond market.
· It is intended that the results of the programme will inform the public about policy options.· In fact, the Reagan urban strategy had the potential to constrain the policy options of cities.· Analyse policy options for dealing with global environmental change and promoting the goal of sustainable development.· Will the parties have an incentive to provide the information that this policy option exists?· Under Operation Solarium three policy options were analysed.· Questions on matters of policy should relate to policy options available to the Prime Minister.
· Consequently share option schemes are a thousand better than profit-sharing schemes.· Executive share option schemes are also spreading.· Stock option schemes are not available either.· Most managers have already used up that leeway since share option schemes took off in 1985.· This provides that the option scheme shares must not be subject to restrictions other than restrictions attaching to all shares of the same class.· The number of shares in issue may be increased if shares are issued pursuant to the share option scheme. 2.· The bidder will, in particular, need to consider the terms of any employee share option schemes.· They also want to know when they will be able to participate in the share option scheme.
· Executive share option schemes are also spreading.· The accounts also provide details of the gains so far on executive share options in the merged company.· Earnings figures exclude share options and pension contributions.· The informal ceiling placed on share option deals by institutional investors is said to be one reason.· They sold low-price share options - and pocketed huge profits as City prices soared.· Firstly, gains from share options in the final year of employment were no longer allowed in the calculation of final salary.· The current tax regime encouraged pensions, share options and subsidised meals, but discouraged company loans, cars and petrol.· Furthermore, the actual price of the shares only has to be paid upon exercising the share option.
VERB· Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting have reportedly jointly purchased 20,000 copies of the package, with an option to buy 40,000 more.· Connors also exercised options to buy 20, 000 share for 1 41 / 64 or 15 5 / 8 each.· With more products on the market, Roche could be encouraged to exercise its option to buy the rest of Genentech.· Cabra is now enforcing the club's option to buy - at a £22.8m price determined by arbitrators.· Disney has an option to buy the entire 140, 000 square-foot site from Slough Estates for an undisclosed sum.· Andersen Consulting and Arthur Andersen recently bought 20,000 copies of the product, with an option to buy 40,000 more.· The town also worked out a deal to lease 24 acres, with an option to buy.
· As the recession deepens, it is going to force the TECs into choosing between three undesirable options.· Experience shows that it is above all the last option that was chosen.· We underestimated the amount of counselling required to ensure that students choose appropriate options.· Members choose the option that best fits their Internet usage needs.· Only those who chose the last option survived.· Once we choose an option and make personal commitments to each other, we have another new project.· Most enterprises have to choose one of three options.· Most of the time, all you need to do is choose the Extract Files option under the Unzip menu.
· If this does not occur, then revert to the normal diet and consider other options.· The fuel pump gave out and left us sitting by the side of the road in the heat to consider our options.· The most important thing is to consider all the options.· The council was considering several options outlined by City Attorney Glenn Sabine.· The Ex Comm considered a series of options.· After considering his options, Henderson left Tandem in March for another job.· He picked up Laura's gun and considered his options.· Other building societies said they were considering their options and would issue statements later today.
· To use this product it must be created using option 5.1.1 - Create Product.· No one is interested in creating a high-cost option.· To use a Client name in this situation, the name must have been created previously using option 5.2.1 - Create Client.· Now technology has created more options, including fax, e-mail, and videotape.· What modern materials have done is create options over construction, and ease maintenance after installation.· An Issue can now be created using option 5.3.1 - Create Issue.· The second part is an overview of the trading strategies which may be created using traded options.· To use this package name you should create it using option 1.1.1 - Create Package/Product.
· Expenditure a person incurs by exercising an option in a contract is not expenditure incurred under that contract.· Connors also exercised options to buy 20, 000 share for 1 41 / 64 or 15 5 / 8 each.· Most significant is a decision to exercise an option with Adtranz for 400 main line electric locos of Class 145.· Many of its 3, 000 rank-and-file workers also exercised options as an unusually long quiet period ended.· It therefore pays to make the earliest and fullest possible enquiries before exercising your option choice.· With more products on the market, Roche could be encouraged to exercise its option to buy the rest of Genentech.· The buyer exercised the option, but then did not complete the contract, so the seller took him to court.· Some people who design compensation packages have suggested a possible ceiling on exercising stock options to keep a lid on the wealth.
· The screen then gives you the option of choosing the level of help required.· Rich colors, luscious textures, and inventive layering are giving women more options in hosiery than in past seasons.· Clubs also look set to be given the option of having players' names on the back of their shirts.· Many private plans also refuse to do the paperwork necessary to give employees the option of repaying their loans.· Benches with reversible tops give the option of either a smooth surface or recessed gravel trays for summer and are particularly useful.· The multimedia disc takes the art of computer golf to a new level, giving players unprecedented options and flexibility.· I feel Wallace would have been more effective in this match ... to give that option.· The compromise provides aid for children and gives counties the option of providing parents with employment or other services.
· These include an Academic Study option specially planned for overseas students.· Murray pocketed $ 2, 971, including options, and Kennedy won merchandise and $ 200 in options money.· Other complicated structures are possible; these include performance-related options which would permit management to obtain more shares.· Unless school-to-work systems include strong options for post-secondary education, they will have few takers and even less support.· The pact is to last three years and includes an option to extend.· Most search engines and directories include advanced options, but their methods vary from system to system.· These figures do not include stock options.
· Many young people want to keep their options open.· But he said he wanted to keep his options for later in the fiscal year.· You need to keep your options open in order to change courses at a moment's notice.· Flexibility is key, keeping your options open.· I never said much because I wanted to keep my options open.· And law school seemed the kind of education that allowed one to keep open options.· Either way, you can keep your options open.· I want to keep all of my options open.
· In principle, after 1834, those who were physically capable of work were left no option but to support themselves.· And it left open the fourth option, to step up military action against Hanoi and otherwise escalate the war.· As a result, hon. Members are left with the option of trying to inveigle their points in an artificial way.· Congress left itself the option of forbidding line-item vetoes of major program appropriations, such as funding more Stealth bombers.· Now Labour-controlled Bradford council has supported outline building proposals, leaving the Widdups little option but to go.· The fact that this area of the post office is open twenty-four hours a day leaves Blue with few options.· He had left himself the option of return.· But he left open the option of serving as Mr Clinton's vice-presidential running-mate in the general election against President Bush.
· One question policyholders should ask is - if the company did underperform last year, has this limited its options?· Even Buchanan, who ignited the debate over layoffs, acknowledges he would have limited options as president.· Historical and economic factors also limit our options.· Individuals who want to trade in off-hours do have certain limited options.· They limit your design options, irritate users, break too often and require more planning and maintenance.· Desjardins said Lindros should stop limiting his trade options to Toronto.
· Celebrate in desert elegance, the historic Rex Ranch offers a variety of options.· The client may be offered a number of options at the end of the session.· The school board offered the student the option of leaving the room or standing silently.· Other variations - Pekinese and Szechwan among them - offer other options like a greater variety of baked and highly-spiced dishes.· They offer three options for Horton: to Roughly stay as they are when they become a health Service Trust.· Its agreement in February 1990 set a Brady pattern by offering three options to commercial-bank creditors.· A real shame, as the slickly presented management section offers plenty of options.
· Neither does canned food provide an environmentally friendly option for preserving food.· Marshall deftly provides her characters with options and opportunities to behave well.· The main menu provides eight options altogether, each selectable by number.· San Francisco, although it has done better than many cities at providing preschool options for poorer children, still faces disparities.· In addition, Mortgagesure Plus provides the option of a tax-free income for your partner.· This function is provided by option 6, Preview, on the print prompt line.· Most camcorders provide manual control options to allow you to do this.· To those with an affected fetus, early diagnosis provides the option of early termination.
· You should select this option again to display further data.· To select without sorting, first define the selection condition, then press 5 to select the Action option.· You should either continue with further mail transactions or select another option.· Press 3 to select the Select Printers option.· Used to input a value to select an option, specify a parameter, terminate a pause etc.· What we do is to select options from an antecedently specified set.
· The analysis had shown that the cheapest option was to build a particular road in a straight line.
· The start time and the duration of the offline run must also be specified using option 9.2.0.· Identify them, then revise the paragraph using different options. 1.· Media types can be defined using option 9.5.0.· A listing of all existing product names can be obtained using option 5.4.4 - View Product Titles.· Package and Product module names can be reserved using option 1.1.1.· You should now use option 5.2.2 - Update Client to add the product's details.· The approval status of the package can be determined also by using option 1.5.5 - View Package Status Enquiries.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
- Local farmers will get first option to buy land when the military base closes.
- The first option is referred to as a world-wide contract, and the second is known as a territory-by-territory contract.
- The first option is Shulamith Firestone's.
- The first option is to extract water from subsurface permafrost and use that water directly in a nuclear or solar steam rocket.
- The first option is to play the ball as it lies.
- The first option was politically impractical, as close advisers like Georges Pompidou realized.
- The first option was rejected, as in the past it has isolated the small group from the department.
- The trouble with the first option, to simply end the war, was that Hanoi would not cooperate.
- At the end of the season, I will keep my options open.
- Either way, you can keep your options open.
- Flexibility is key, keeping your options open.
- Many young people want to keep their options open.
- Some companies are keeping their options open on retaining or dumping anachronistic names.
- We must expect to be surprised in the future, and we must keep our options open.
- You need to keep your options open in order to change courses at a moment's notice.
- Instead of working to keep their marriages, more and more people are taking the easy option and getting divorced.
- Some people think that studying languages instead of sciences is a soft option.
- But their other argument is possibly more persuasive: it's that farm saving is not an easy option.
- His refusal to take the easy option is admirable.
- In a situation of this sort ignorance is often the easy option.
- It is, though, an easy option for simple Web pages.
- Promising extra money, though welcome in itself, is the easy option.
- They have no dislike of getting their feet wet, while preferring to stay dry where the easy option exists.
- Trotting is very pleasant, but it's not an easy option.
- Well, he certainly achieved it but remember, winning championships is the easy option.
WORD FAMILYverboptcooptnounoptionadjectiveoptionaladverboptionally
1choice [countable] a choice you can make in a particular situation: There are a number of options available. He had two options. This was not the only option open to him.option for a range of options for cutting costsone/another option is to do something Another option is to rent somewhere for six months.option of doing something She had the option of staying for an extra year. Teenage mothers often have no option but to (=have no other choice except to) live with their parents.2keep/leave your options open to wait before making a decision: I’m keeping all my options open for the moment.3computers [countable] one of the possible choices you can make when using computer software: Select an option from the main menu. a list of options4easy option (also soft option British English) the choice which will be the least difficult, least strict, or need the least effort, which someone might choose because they are lazy: Is community service just a soft option for criminals?5right to buy/sell [countable] formal the right to buy or sell something in the futureoption on The government has agreed to buy 20 planes, with an option on a further 10. Connor now owns 302,000 shares and options.6at school/university [countable] British English one of the subjects that you can choose to study at school for an examination, or as part of a course at a college or university: advice on choosing your options7something additional [countable] something that is offered in addition to the standard equipment when you buy something new, especially a car8first option the chance to buy or get something before anyone elseoption on They’ve agreed to give us the first option on their apartment.COLLOCATIONSverbshave an option· At the moment, children have the option of leaving school at 16.· In a situation like this, you have two options.give/offer somebody an option· Some employees were given the option of retiring early.· Buyers will usually be offered the option of paying in instalments.choose an option· Fewer women are choosing the option of motherhood.go for an option (=choose an option)· Which option do you think they'll go for?take (up) an option (=choose an option)· America was persuaded not to take up the option of military action.look at an option (=consider an option)· You have to look at every option as your business develops.limit your options (=limit what you can choose to do)· If you don’t go to college, it may limit your options.adjectivesa good/better option· Renting a house may be a better option than buying.an attractive option (=one that sounds or is good)· If time is short, taking the car to northern France is an attractive option.a realistic/real/serious option (=something that you can really choose to do)· I wanted to start my own business but financially it was never a realistic option.a viable/practical option (=something you can choose that will be successful)· Surgery may be a viable option when all else fails.a popular option· Independent sixth-form colleges are becoming a popular option.a cheap option· We urgently need to find a cheaper option than oil or gas.a safe option (=one that involves no risk)· A special savings account can be a safe option.somebody’s preferred option formal (=the option someone likes best)· The new scheme appears to be the airport management’s preferred option.an easy option (also a soft option British English) (=a choice which is not difficult, or which needs the least effort)· For most people, divorce is never an easy option.phrasesan option is open/available to somebody (=a particular choice is available to someone)· Giving a prison sentence is only one of the options open to the judge.keep/leave your options open (=to not limit what you can choose to do later)· Studying a broad range of subjects helps to keep your options open.have no/little option but to do something (=have no other choice than to do something)· I had no option but to fire him.a range of options· The council is considering a range of options for improving the city’s transport system.- commander
- commander in chief
- commanding
- commandment
- command module
- commando
- command performance
- command post
- commemorate
- commemoration
- commemorative
- commence
- commencement
- commend
- commendable
- commendably
- commendation
- commensurate
- comment
- commentary
- commentate
- commentator
- commerce
- commercial
- Commercial Court