put
the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
• Syn:
put option
• Ant:
call option (for: put option)
• Hypernyms:
option
• Part Holonyms:
straddle, span
1. put into a certain place or abstract location (Freq. 138)
- 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
• See Also:
lay out, put back, put off, put down, put away,
put together, put on, put up, put across
• Derivationally related forms:
position (for: position), positioner (for: position), place (for: place), placement (for: place), set (for: set), setting (for: set)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in,
introduce, docket, cock, postpose, prepose, step,
replace, put back, stratify, plant, intersperse, nestle,
snuggle, pile, arrange, set up, superimpose, superpose,
lay over, park, ensconce, settle, dispose, emplace,
ship, underlay, trench, pigeonhole, shelve, jar,
repose, sign, middle, parallelize, butt, recess,
reposition, throw, thrust, tee, tee up, rack up,
coffin, bed, appose, set down, put down, place down,
sow, seed, misplace, juxtapose, bottle, bucket,
barrel, ground, pillow, rest, mislay, lose,
upend, seat, sit, sit down, lay, stand,
stand up, place upright, recline, set, install, instal,
situate, fix, posit, deposit, ladle, poise,
lean, clap, perch, load, cram, siphon,
siphon, glycerolize, glycerolise, space, marshal,
settle down, imbricate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They put the bags on the table
2. cause to be in a certain state;
cause to be in a certain relation (Freq. 98)
- That song put me in awful good humor
- put your ideas in writing
• See Also:
put off, put down, put out, put under, put away,
put through, put to sleep, put up
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
put to sleep
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. formulate in a particular style or language (Freq. 28)
- I wouldn't put it that way
- She cast her request in very polite language
• Syn:
frame, redact, cast, couch
• Derivationally related forms:
cast (for: cast), redaction (for: redact), frame (for: frame)
• Hypernyms:
give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. attribute or give (Freq. 6)
- 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
• Hypernyms:
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
• Hyponyms:
repose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
5. make an investment (Freq. 3)
- Put money into bonds
• Syn:
invest, commit, place
• Ant:
divest (for: invest)
• Derivationally related forms:
commitment (for: commit), investment (for: invest), investor (for: invest), investing (for: invest)
• Hypernyms:
spend, expend, drop
• Hyponyms:
fund, roll over, shelter, tie up, speculate,
job, buy into
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
6. estimate (Freq. 2)
- We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.
• Syn:
place, set
• Hypernyms:
estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. cause (someone) to undergo something
- He put her to the torture
• Hypernyms:
subject
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
8. adapt
- put these words to music
• Topics:
music
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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, order
• Derivationally related forms:
order (for: order), ordering (for: order)
• Hypernyms:
organize, organise
• Hyponyms:
synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise, phrase
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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