option to buy
idiom
: a right to buy (something) in the future for a specified price
The ad is for a condo to rent with an option to buy.
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In seven years, Maysent said, UCSD could exercise its option to buy Palomar’s assets, though the University of California Board of Regents would have to approve such an expenditure.
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2025
Grealish has been re-energised by his loan move to Everton, who have an option to buy for £50million.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Deighton said giving consumers the option to buy unique circular jeans is a great opportunity and LaundRE can drop new products on demand each week.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 25 Nov. 2025
More recently, OpenAI announced a multiyear partnership in October with AMD—OpenAI gets 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs, while AMD gives OpenAI the option to buy up to 10% of the company.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2025
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Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2025
Grealish has been re-energised by his loan move to Everton, who have an option to buy for £50million.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
Deighton said giving consumers the option to buy unique circular jeans is a great opportunity and LaundRE can drop new products on demand each week.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 25 Nov. 2025
More recently, OpenAI announced a multiyear partnership in October with AMD—OpenAI gets 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs, while AMD gives OpenAI the option to buy up to 10% of the company.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2025
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“Option to buy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/option%20to%20buy. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.
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