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Put

//pʊt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of put option (“right to sell something at a predetermined price”) abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

    "He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet."

  2. 2
    A fellow, especially an eccentric or elderly one; a duffer. obsolete

    "Queer Country-puts extol Queen Bess's reign, And of lost hospitality complain."

  3. 3
    A prostitute. obsolete

    "And Mrs. Penny-a-hoist Pim, said Mr. Gorman. That old put, said Mr. Nolan."

  4. 4
    Acronym of parameterized unit test. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date wordnet
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  1. 6
    The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push. countable, uncountable

    "the put of a ball"

  2. 7
    Acronym of parameterized unit testing. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    An old card game. uncountable

    "Among the in-door amusements of the costermonger is card-playing, at which many of them are adepts. The usual games are all-fours, all-fives, cribbage, and put."

  4. 9
    Initialism of programmable unijunction transistor. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 10
    Initialism of person using television. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To physically place (something or someone somewhere).

    "She put her books on the table."

  2. 2
    estimate wordnet
  3. 3
    To place in abstract; to attach or attribute; to assign.

    "The government put restrictions on vehicle imports."

  4. 4
    arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events wordnet
  5. 5
    To bring or set (into a certain relation, state or condition).

    "Theſe Verſes Originally Greek, were put in Latin,"

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  1. 6
    formulate in a particular style or language wordnet
  2. 7
    To express (something in a certain manner).

    "When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point."

  3. 8
    attribute or give wordnet
  4. 9
    To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.

    "I put it to you, Sir, that you are a thief and a liar."

  5. 10
    cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation wordnet
  6. 11
    To set as a calculation or estimate.

    "They have put the cost of repairs at around £10 million."

  7. 12
    put into a certain place or abstract location wordnet
  8. 13
    To steer; to direct one's course; to go.

    "to put to sea"

  9. 14
    adapt wordnet
  10. 15
    To sell (assets) under the terms of a put option.

    "He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80."

  11. 16
    cause (someone) to undergo something wordnet
  12. 17
    To throw with a pushing motion, especially in reference to the sport of shot put. (Do not confuse with putt.) especially

    "He put the shot out beyond the 20-metre mark."

  13. 18
    make an investment wordnet
  14. 19
    To play a card or a hand in the game called "put".
  15. 20
    To lay down; to give up; to surrender. obsolete

    "No man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends."

  16. 21
    To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige. obsolete

    "These wretches put us upon all mischief."

  17. 22
    To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English putten, puten, poten, from Old English putian, *pūtian ("to push, put out"; attested by derivative putung (“pushing, impulse, instigation, urging”)) and potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), both from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stick, stab”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bud- (“to shoot, sprout”), which would make it cognate with Sanskrit बुन्द (bundá, “arrow”), Lithuanian budė, and budis (“mushroom, fungus”). Compare also related Old English pȳtan (“to push, poke, thrust, put out (the eyes)”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to set, plant”), Danish putte (“to put”), Swedish putta, pötta, potta (“to strike, knock, push gently, shove, put away”), Norwegian putte (“to set, put”), Norwegian pota (“to poke”), Icelandic pota (“to poke”), Dutch peuteren (“to pick, poke around, dig, fiddle with”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English putten, puten, poten, from Old English putian, *pūtian ("to push, put out"; attested by derivative putung (“pushing, impulse, instigation, urging”)) and potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), both from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stick, stab”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bud- (“to shoot, sprout”), which would make it cognate with Sanskrit बुन्द (bundá, “arrow”), Lithuanian budė, and budis (“mushroom, fungus”). Compare also related Old English pȳtan (“to push, poke, thrust, put out (the eyes)”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to set, plant”), Danish putte (“to put”), Swedish putta, pötta, potta (“to strike, knock, push gently, shove, put away”), Norwegian putte (“to set, put”), Norwegian pota (“to poke”), Icelandic pota (“to poke”), Dutch peuteren (“to pick, poke around, dig, fiddle with”).

Etymology 3

Unknown. Perhaps related to Welsh pwt, itself possibly borrowed from English butt (“stub, thicker end”).

Etymology 4

From Old French pute.

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