opsi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch optie, from French option, from Latin optiō (“choice; option; act of choosing”), from optō (“I choose, select”). Cognate to Afrikaans opsie.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈopsi/ [ˈop̚.si]
• Rhymes: -opsi
• Syllabification: op‧si

Noun

opsi (plural opsi-opsi)

1. option,
   1. one of a set of choices that can be made

      Synonym: pilihan

   2. (finance) a contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can apply to financial market transactions, or to ordinary transactions for tangible assets such as a residence or automobile

      Synonym: opsyen (Malay)

2. the act of opt
3. (finance) put
   1. a right to sell something at a predetermined price.
   2. put option

Derived terms

• opsi beli
• opsi jual
• opsi mata uang

Descendants

• → Tetum: opsi

Further reading

• “opsi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016