option
n. countablen. a choice you can make between two or more things. You use it when you have the power to pick what you want.
n. a thing that is or may be chosen from a set of possibilities. In financial contexts, it refers specifically to a contract giving the right to buy or sell an asset at a set price.
You have the option to pay by cash or credit card.
The software provides several backup options so users can choose where to save their files.
After reviewing the legal advice, the board realized that their only viable option was to settle the dispute out of court to avoid further reputational damage.
From French option, from Latin optiō (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“I choose, select”). Equivalent to opt + -ion.
Commonly used with the verbs 'have', 'exercise', or 'provide', and often followed by the preposition 'for' or an infinitive 'to'.
I don't have any other option than thisI don't have any other option but thisWhen expressing that only one choice exists, 'but' or 'except' is used rather than 'than'.