One of a set of choices that can be made.
A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile.
The freedom or right to choose.
The acquiring or retention of a nationality through personal choice as a right, bypassing selective legal mechanisms for naturalization, especially in cases where a territory is transferred or passed on from one state to another.
To purchase an option on something.
An object, such as a newspaper supplement, that can be pulled out from something else.
The ending of a period of surfing by navigating the board into or over the back of a wave.
The coitus interruptus method of birth control.
The change of the flight of an aircraft from a dive to level or climbing flight.
A withdrawal, especially of armed forces.
Synonym of liftout (“quotation given special visual treatment”)
An area by the side of a road where vehicles may temporarily stop in safety. Typical pullouts allow drivers and passengers to safely exit the vehicle but rarely have additional amenities.