Definition of "option"

Luiz struggled with the movement of Helguson in the box, as he collected a long ball and the Spaniard barged him over, leaving referee Chris Foy little option but to point to the spot.

2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎

Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.

2012 January, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 8 January 2012, page 74

At that time every emigrant who was made aware of such a notification submitted his application for option to the British Consuls within the period prescribed.

1928, Appeal to the Noble English Nation by the Committee of the Defenders of the Rights of Palestinian Arab Emigrants to the Palestinian Citizenship, page 10

A right of option, mostly in favour of the nationality of the predecessor State, has been accorded in most cases of partial State succession, either by treaty or by domestic legislation.

1998, Venice Commission, Consequences of State Succession for Nationality, page 45

This group constitutes around 9 percent of the total number of acquisitions of Dutch nationality through option.

2012, Oliver W. Vonk, Dual Nationality in the European Union: A Study on Changing Norms […], page 243, note 154

The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing.

1991, Martin D. Seyer, RS-232 made easy