put
noun
- 1
the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
verb
- 1
estimate
We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.
- 2
arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
arrange my schedule
set up one's life
- 3
formulate in a particular style or language
I wouldn't put it that way
She cast her request in very polite language
- 4
attribute or give
She put too much emphasis on her the last statement
He put all his efforts into this job
- 5
cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
That song put me in awful good humor
put your ideas in writing
- 6
put into a certain place or abstract location
Put your things here
Set the tray down
- 7
adapt
put these words to music
- 8
cause (someone) to undergo something
He put her to the torture
- 9
make an investment
Put money into bonds
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