put

  • (noun): A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
  • (noun): A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
  • (noun): The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
  • (noun): An old card game.
  • (verb): To place something somewhere.
  • (verb): To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
  • (verb): To exercise a put option.
  • (verb): To express something in a certain manner.
  • (verb): To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
  • (verb): To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
  • (verb): To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
  • (verb): To attach or attribute; to assign.
  • (verb): To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
  • (verb): To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
  • (verb): To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
  • (verb): To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
  • He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.
  • the put of a ball
  • She put her books on the table.
  • He is putting all his energy into this one task.
  • He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80.