Choice

cho is, n. act or power of choosing: the thing chosen: alternative: preference: the preferable or best part.— adj. worthy of being chosen: select: appropriate.— adjs. Choice′-drawn ( Shak. ), selected with care; Choice′ful ( Spens. ), making many choices, fickle.— adv. Choice′ly , with discrimination or care.— n. Choice′ne , particular value: excellence: nicety.— Hobson's choice , the alternative of a thing offered or nothing, from Hobson , a Cambridge carrier and innkeeper, who insisted on lending out the horse nearest the stable door, or none at all.— Make choice of , to select; Take one's choice , to take what one wishes. [Fr. choix — choisir ; cf. Choose .]