The right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited.

Roget 777: possession, seizin [Law], seisin [Law]; ownership etc. 780; occupancy; hold, holding; tenure, tenancy, feodality^†, dependency; villenage, villeinage^†; socage^†, chivalry, knight service.    exclusive possession, impropriation^†, monopoly, retention etc. 781; prepossession, preoccupancy^†; nine points of the law; corner, usucaption^†.    future possession, heritage, inheritance, heirship, reversion, fee, seigniority^†; primogeniture, ultimogeniture^†.    futures contract [right of future possession; financial instruments], warrant, put, call, option; right of first refusal.    bird in hand, uti possidetis [Lat.], chose in possession.    ... show more

Roget 600: will, volition, conation^†, velleity; liberum arbitrium [Lat.]; will and pleasure, free will; freedom etc. 748; discretion; option etc. (choice) 609; voluntariness^†; spontaneity, spontaneousness; originality.    pleasure, wish, mind; desire; frame of mind etc. (inclination) 602; intention etc. 620; predetermination etc. 611; selfcontrol &c.; determination etc. (resolution) 604; force of will.    ... show more

Polish: opcja

One of a number of things from which only one can be chosen:
— What option did I have?.

synonyms: alternative, choice.

Dutch: keuze, keuzemogelijkeheid, alternatief
Polish: alternatywa, dylemat

The act of choosing or selecting.

synonyms: choice, pick, selection.

Roget 609: choice, option; discretion etc. (volition) 600; preoption^†; alternative; dilemma, embarras de choix [Fr.]; adoption, cooptation^†; novation^†; decision etc. (judgment) 480.    election; political election (politics) 737.1. selection, excerption, gleaning, eclecticism; excerpta^†, gleanings, cuttings, scissors and paste; pick etc. (best) 650.    preference, prelation^†, opinion poll, survey; predilection etc. (desire) 865.    ... show more

Dutch: keus, keuze
Polish: typowanie, selekcjonowanie, wybieranie