to option
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6.6
- verb
- /ˈɑpʃən/
- Specialized
:
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- A producer found one on InkTip and wants to option it and direct it soon.
I've got the film rights have been have been optioned for my life story.
- I've got the film rights have been have been optioned for my life story.
- One of them I've optioned recently again for the fifth time.
- So but they option, they option the life rights for that and I got a piece of that.
Examples
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I had a producer who wanted to option one of my scripts.
Blog text (21) -
What tends to happen here is that a filmmaker will option a writer's book.
Blog text (33) -
Honey, I want to option this property, and believe me, I'll pay top dollar.
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So, you want it optioned by someone who's really got the goods to make things happen.
Blog text (21) -
Y'know, we'd really like to option this.
Fiction book (2002) -
One of them I've optioned recently again for the fifth time.
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We optioned a popular biography of Cello, the author of...
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His work has been nominated for two Spinetingler awards, and his novels have been optioned for film.
Blog text (20) -
And last spring, TNT announced that it had optioned her Jane Rizzoli/Maura Isles series, set in Boston, for a TV series.
Academic text (2008) -
The filmmaker decided to option the novel for a movie adaptation next year.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.8
A right to buy company shares later at a fixed price, often given to employees
- Specialized
3
8.3
A contract that gives you the choice to sell an investment at a fixed price within a set time
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2
7.7
A contract that lets someone choose to buy something of value at a set price for a limited time
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A financial contract you can use to buy or sell on specific dates during its life
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A way to sell an option while you already own the shares the buyer may buy
- Formal
A right for a friendly investor to buy key assets before others to stop a takeover
- Specialized
A right to buy company stock at a set price if the company meets business goals
- Specialized
An offer that lets employees buy company shares later if the company meets its goals
- Specialized
To sell a right to buy or sell a stock without owning it and risk large losses
Surface Forms
Etymology
Option (seen as optioned in the past) comes from the noun meaning 'choice', so to option something is to buy the 'choice' or right to use or buy it later, like a producer who buys the choice to turn a book into a movie.