"optionality" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: optionalities [plural]
Etymology: From optional + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|optional|ity}} optional + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} optionality (countable and uncountable, plural optionalities)
  1. (finance, business) The value of additional optional investment opportunities available only after having made an initial investment. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Business, Finance
    Sense id: en-optionality-en-noun-b4~3C4XS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 59 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 62 38 Topics: business, finance
  2. Quality or state in which choice or discretion is allowed. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality or state in which choice or discretion is allowed): aukerakotasun (Basque), volitelnost [feminine] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-optionality-en-noun-iAmgFgpE Disambiguation of 'quality or state in which choice or discretion is allowed': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: option, optional, call [finance, business], put [finance, business]

Inflected forms

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