See Also: CHOICE(law)
choice(1)(dictionary)
pro-choice(dictionary)
choice(2)(dictionary)
Right of Choice - Croquet(gambling)
multiple choice(dictionary)
Choice Resources(finance)
Choice market(finance)
choice 2, adjective(dictionary)
choice 1, noun(dictionary)

choice(2) (iou)



choice noun. ME.
[Old French chois (mod. choix) from choisir choose, from Proto-Gallo-Romance from Germanic base of CHOOSE.]
Choosing, deciding between possibilities; a necessity to choose, a selection. ME.
J. R. Green With this body too..lay the choice of all future Protectors. R. L. Stevenson At breakfast we had a choice between tea and coffee. J. Buchan I had before me a choice of routes, and I chose a ridge. A. Lurie You have already made your choices, taken the significant moral actions of your life.
The power, right, or faculty of choosing; option. ME.
E. W. Lane I have given thee thy choice of the Manner in which thou wilt die.
A person or thing (to be) specially chosen or selected; the elite; the best of a group etc.; the pick. LME.
Milton The flower and choice of many Provinces. Dryden For me, the Wilds and Desarts are my Choice.
Variety and abundance to choose from; a scope or field of possibilities. L16.
E. Heath Shops stocked with an immense choice of goods.
b. An abundant and well-chosen supply. L16.
Care in choosing, judgement, discrimination. L16-M18.
Bacon They were collected with Iudgement, and Choice.
Special value, estimation. rare. (Shakes.). Only in E17.
Shakespeare All's Well This ring he holds In most rich choice.
An alternative. L18.
W. Paley Death or conversion was the only choice offered to idolaters. J. D. Salinger I didn't have any goddam choice except to leave.
Phrases: by choice, for choice preferably. from choice willingly, voluntarily. have no choice have no alternative. HOBSON'S CHOICE. make one's choice decide between possibilities. spoilt for choice: see SPOIL verb. take one's choice = make one's choice above.