optionality
The value of additional optional investment opportunities available only after having made an initial investment.
Noun
- The value of additional optional investment opportunities available only after having made an initial investment.
- The short-term payoff for this is modest, but the optionality value is enormous.
- Quality or state in which choice or discretion is allowed.
- Some offices do not follow the corporate procedure, due to a culture of optionality.
Origin
Etymology tree English optional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English optionality From optional + -ity.