optionとは

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
• stock option

関連する語

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

動詞

option (三人称単数 現在形 options, 現在分詞 optioning, 過去形および過去分詞形 optioned)

1. To purchase an option on something. [from the 20th c]

   The new novel was optioned by the film studio, but they'll probably never decide to make a movie from it.

2. (computing, dated) To configure, by setting an option.
   • 1991, Martin D. Seyer, RS-232 made easy

     The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing.

Further reading

• option in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• option in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

アナグラム

• potion