Alternative

1. A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.
2. Alternate; reciprocal.
3. The course of action or the thing offered in place of another.
4. Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
5. Offering a choice of two things.
6. Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives.
7. An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left.