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

[ Syn: put option ]

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

[ Syn: set , place , pose , position , lay ]

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'

formulate in a particular style or language; I wouldnt put it that way; She cast her request in very polite language

[ Syn: frame , redact , cast , couch ]

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

[ Syn: assign ]

make an investment; Put money into bonds

[ Syn: invest , commit , place ]

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

[ Syn: place , set ]

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; set up ones life; I put these memories with those of bygone times

[ Syn: arrange , set up , order ]