noun
the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
Synonyms
put option
verb
put into a certain place or abstract location
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Examples
- Put your things here
- Set the tray down
- Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
- Place emphasis on a certain point
verb
cause to be in a certain state
Examples
- cause to be in a certain relation
- That song put me in awful good humor
- put your ideas in writing
verb
formulate in a particular style or language
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Examples
- I wouldn't put it that way
- She cast her request in very polite language
verb
attribute or give
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Examples
- 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
verb
make an investment
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Examples
- Put money into bonds
verb
estimate
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Examples
- We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.
verb
cause (someone) to undergo something
Examples
- He put her to the torture
verb
adapt
Examples
- put these words to music
verb
arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
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Examples
- arrange my schedule
- set up one's life
- I put these memories with those of bygone times