option
noun
the power or right of choosing.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Instead, they are optioning land, which helps them generate higher returns and remove risk from their balance sheet, Bloomberg Intelligence’s Reading said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026