Synonym: alternative, choice, pick, selection. Similar words: adoption, perception, reception, exception, conception, corruption, assumption, description. Meaning: ['ɑpʃn /'ɒp-] 
n. 1. 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 2. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen 3. the act of choosing or selecting.
n. 1. 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 2. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen 3. the act of choosing or selecting. 
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61. The soft option is simply to say nothing for the moment.
62. Taking the soft option won't help your career to develop.
63. The real existence of a military option will come into play.
64. Please strike out whichever option does not apply to you.
65. The Chief Executive's share option has earned him over ￡2 million.
66. They didn't leave him much option - either he paid or they'd beat him up.
67. The government has agreed to buy 20 planes, with an option on a further 10.
68. After her appalling behaviour,[http://sentencedict.com/option.html] we had no option but to dismiss her.
69. Criminals are given the option of going to jail or facing public humiliation.
70. It is thought that a management buyout is one option.
71. He taught me that the easy option isn't always the best one.
72. He overstepped the mark and we had no option but to suspend him.
73. For patients who do not respond to drug treatment, surgery is a possible option.
74. The property is for rent with an option to buy at any time.
75. The option of taking on more staff is out at present.
76. She had the option of staying for an extra year.
77. I felt as though I should mention it as an option.
78. It is essential to build up the military option and show that this is not a bluff.
79. The publishers decided not to take up their option on the paperback version.
80. They are anxious that the new course should not be seen as a soft option.
81. By making the bold promise, he had burnt his bridges , for now he had no option but to go forward with the project.
82. There is always a temptation to weight the report in favour of the option you want.
83. Dealing with this dictator wasn't an option. He wouldn't have kept his side of the bargain.
84. One option may be to leave the debt outstanding and extend the payment terms.
85. Each bank has granted the other an option on 19.9% of its shares.
86. The default option is to save your work every five minutes.
87. He's argued from the start that America and its allies are putting too much emphasis on the military option.
88. The menu changes weekly and usually includes a vegan option.
89. Teenage mothers often have no option but to live with their parents.
90. They've agreed to give us the first option on their apartment.
More similar words: adoption, perception, reception, exception, conception, corruption, assumption, description, consumption, prescription, optimistic, bumptious, notion, nation, action, motion, mention, fiction, section, question, auction, portion, edition, donation, zonation, abortion, addition, fraction, reaction, location.