The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word OPTION
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result OPTION
- Work on it ineptly for choice
- Choice of work: one’s in fashion
- Ring and point out choice
- Intercourse initiator “on top”, perhaps leading to another possible choice
- Choice draught has head spinning
- . Travelling into work introduces an alternative
- Choice beverage with lower phosphorus
- Theatre event turning into a possibility
- Choose to get involved, having zero alternative
- Choice of brew after first love gets promoted
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What does OPTION mean?
OPTION noun- One of a set of choices that can be made.
- The freedom or right to choose.
- 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.
- To purchase an option on something.
- To configure, by setting an option.