put

Noun

• the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

Verb

• arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
  • arrange my schedule
    
  • set up one's life
    
  • I put these memories with those of bygone times
    

• adapt
  • put these words to music
    

• cause (someone) to undergo something
  • He put her to the torture
    

• estimate
  • We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.
    

• make an investment
  • Put money into bonds
    

• 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
    

• formulate in a particular style or language
  • I wouldn't put it that way
    
  • She cast her request in very polite language
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  put option , arrange , set up , order , place , set , invest , commit , assign , frame , redact , cast , couch , pose , position , lay
• Antonyms: 
  call option , call , divest , disinvest