Dictionary definition · put
noun
- the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
verb
- put into a certain place or abstract location"Put your things here"
- cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation"That song put me in awful good humor"
- formulate in a particular style or language"I wouldn't put it that way"
- attribute or give"She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"
- make an investment"Put money into bonds"
- estimate"We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
- cause (someone) to undergo something"He put her to the torture"
- adapt"put these words to music"
- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events"arrange my schedule"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).