Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

optionable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
op-tion-able
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to options on a stock or equity. For some stocks, it is possible to trade options on them, hence they are optionable, for other stocks options aren't traded so they are not optionable.

Etymology

Etymology tree English option Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English optionable From option + -able.

Inflected Forms

more optionable (comparative) most optionable (superlative)

Questions

What does optionable mean?
Of or pertaining to options on a stock or equity. For some stocks, it is possible to trade options on them, hence they are optionable, for other stocks options aren't traded so they are not optionable.
Where does optionable come from?
Etymology tree English option Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English optionable From option + -able.

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