Optional

Definition

option /'ɒpʃn / n ၁။ [U] ေရြးပိုင္ခြင့္။ I have little/no option but to go (ie I have to go). ❍ He did it because he had no other option. ❍ have the option of taking early retirement ❍ He was given one month's imprisonment without the option of a fine. ၂။ [C] ေရြးစရာ။ You have only one option. ❍ There are various options open to you. ၃။ [C] ~ (on sth) ( commerce ) (မဆံုးျဖတ္မီ) စဥ္းစားရန္အခ်ိန္။ We have a 12-day option on the house. See also SOFT OPTION ❏ keep/leave one's options open [ IDM ] တိုးသာဆုတ္သာ အရွင္ထားဦး။ အျပတ္မျဖတ္လိုက္ႏွင့္ဦး။ Don't commit yourself now—keep your options open until you leave university. ❏ optional /-ʃǝnl / adj စိတ္ႀကိဳက္။ optional subjects at school ❍ The CD player is an optional extra in this car (ie It will cost extra if one chooses to have it).

Examples

1. We’ve discussed all the marketing options and decided to go for television advertising.
2. [option for] : We have three different options for financing the house.
3. [the option of doing something] : You have the option of walking there or going by bus.
4. [have no option but to do something] : She had no option but to admit the truth.
5. [a viable option] : Terrorist leaders concluded that armed resistance was no longer a viable option.
6. Choose the ‘save’ option from the File menu.
7. Stock options
8. [option on] : The airline has ordered 16 aircraft and has options on another 29.
9. [the option to do something] : If one partner dies
10. the others have the option to buy back their shares.