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Common
verb
•
To
place
something somewhere.
•
To
bring
or set into a certain
relation
,
state
or
condition
.
•
In Finance:
To
exercise
a
put
option
.
•
To
express
something in a certain
manner
.
•
In Athletics:
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
lay down
; to
give up
; to
surrender
.
•
To set before one for
judgment
,
acceptance
, or
rejection
; to
bring to
the
attention
.
•
To
incite
; to
entice
; to
urge
; to
constrain
; to
oblige
.
•
In Mining:
To
convey
coal
in the
mine
,
as for
example
from the
working
to the
tramway
.
noun
•
In Business:
A right to
sell
something at a
predetermined
price
.
•
In Finance:
A
contract
to
sell
a
security
at a set
price
on or before a certain
date
.
•
The
act
of
putting
; an
action
; a
movement
; a
thrust
; a
push
.
•
An
old
card game
.
•
In Software:
Acronym
of
parameterized
unit test
.
•
In Software:
Acronym
of
parameterized
unit testing
.
•
In Electronics:
Initialism
of
programmable
unijunction
transistor
.
•
A
fellow
,
especially
an
eccentric
or
elderly
one; a
duffer
.
•
A
prostitute
.
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Rhymes
put
foot
soot
toot
root
afoot
'sfoot
Lineage
put
English
pute
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
putten
Middle English (1100-1500)
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