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option

Definitions of option
  1. noun
    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
    synonyms: option à prime, prime
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    offre
    the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
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