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Meaning of put

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  put
      n 1: 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}] [ant: {call}, {call option}]
      v 1: 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: {put}, {set}, {place}, {pose},
           {position}, {lay}]
      2: 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"
      3: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put
         it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
         [syn: {frame}, {redact}, {cast}, {put}, {couch}]
      4: 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: {put}, {assign}]
      5: make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: {invest},
         {put}, {commit}, {place}] [ant: {disinvest}, {divest}]
      6: estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." [syn:
         {place}, {put}, {set}]
      7: cause (someone) to undergo something; "He put her to the
         torture"
      8: adapt; "put these words to music"
      9: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my
         schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with
         those of bygone times" [syn: {arrange}, {set up}, {put},
         {order}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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