optionとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɒpʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑpʃən/

名詞

option (複数形 options)

1. One of a set of choices that can be made. [from the 19th c.]
   • 2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Luiz struggled with the movement of Helguson in the box, as he collected a long ball and the Spaniard barged him over, leaving referee Chris Foy little option but to point to the spot.

   • 2012 January 1, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist‎^[2], volume 100, number 1, page 74:

     Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.

2. The freedom or right to choose.
3. (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. [from the mid-18th c.]

同意語

• alternative
• choice
• possibility
• See also Thesaurus:option

上位語

• (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy または sell an asset): derivative

下位語

• (finance) (A contract giving the holder the right to buy または sell an asset): American option, Bermudan option, European option, call option or call, put option or put, warrant

派生語

• optionable
• optional
• option button
• stock option

関連する語

• opt
• optimal
• optimise, optimize
• optimism
• optimist
• optimistic