put meaning and definition

PUT noun

Definition of put (noun)

1. the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
   • synonyms: put option
   • antonym: call

PUT verb

Definition of put (verb)

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"
   • synonyms: lay, place, pose, position, set
2. 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"
3. formulate in a particular style or language
   • "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
   • synonyms: cast, couch, frame, redact
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"
   • synonyms: assign
5. make an investment
   • "Put money into bonds"
   • synonyms: commit, invest, place
   • antonym: disinvest
6. estimate
   • "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
   • synonyms: 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
   • "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
   • synonyms: arrange, order, set up