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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Fellow right-back Alex Jimenez, for instance, left for Milan in 2023 on loan with an option to buy that the Italians exercised last year.
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Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
That deal also contained a £40m option to buy, which Juventus decided not to exercise.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
With no clear path to more regular first-team football ahead of him, Tottenham’s offer of a six-month loan deal with a €55m (£45.7m; $56.9m) option to buy was difficult to turn down.
—Tom Williams, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Last summer, the club signed Pierre Kalulu on a season-long loan with the option to buy.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
That deal also contained a £40m option to buy, which Juventus decided not to exercise.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
With no clear path to more regular first-team football ahead of him, Tottenham’s offer of a six-month loan deal with a €55m (£45.7m; $56.9m) option to buy was difficult to turn down.
—Tom Williams, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Last summer, the club signed Pierre Kalulu on a season-long loan with the option to buy.
—Emmet Gates, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Option to buy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/option%20to%20buy. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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