
put
n : the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or
commodity future) at a given price before a given date
[syn: {put option}] [ant: {call option}]
v 1: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your
things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the
scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a
certain point" [syn: {set}, {place}, {pose}, {position},
{lay}]
2: cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain
relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"
3: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put
it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite
language" [syn: {frame}, {redact}, {cast}, {couch}]
4: attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the
last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job";
"The teacher put an interesting twist to the
interpretation of the story" [syn: {assign}]
5: make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: {invest}, {commit},
{place}] [ant: {divest}]
6: estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." [syn: {place},
{set}]
7: cause (someone) to undergo something; "He put her to the
torture"
8: adapt; "put these words to music"
9: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my
schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with
those of bygone times" [syn: {arrange}, {set up}, {order}]
[also: {putting}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0
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