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The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative.

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  1. n. The power of choosing; the right of choice or election; an alternative.
  2. n. The exercise of the power of choice; choice.
  3. n. A wishing; a wish.
  4. n. A right formerly belonging to an archbishop to select any one dignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated or confirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; -- annulled by Parliament in 1845.
  5. n. A stipulated privilege, given to a party in a time contract, of demanding its fulfillment on any day within a specified limit.
  6. n. 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
  7. n. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
  8. n. the act of choosing or selecting
  9. A right formerly belonging to an archbishop to select any onedignity or benefice in the gift of a suffragan bishop consecrated orconfirmed by him, for bestowal by himself when next vacant; --annulled by Parliament in 1845.
  10. n:100 n. 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 n. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen