Meaning

• A right to sell something at a predetermined price.

• A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.

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

• The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.

  "the put of a ball"

• An old card game.

Meaning

• To place something somewhere.

  "She put her books on the table."

• To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.

  "He is putting all his energy into this one task."

• To exercise a put option.

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

• To express something in a certain manner.

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

• To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)

• To steer; to direct one's course; to go.

• To play a card or a hand in the game called put.

• To attach or attribute; to assign.

  "to put a wrong construction on an act or expression"

• To lay down; to give up; to surrender.

• To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.

  "to put a question; to put a case"

• To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.

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