Meaning of put | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Acronym of parameterized unit test.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
2. ISO 639-3 language code for Putoh
3. Ellipsis of put option (“right to sell something at a predetermined price”)
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
4. A fellow, especially an eccentric or elderly one; a duffer.
   obsolete
5. A prostitute.
   obsolete
6. Place.
7. Nautical To proceed: The ship put into the harbor.
   Nautical
8. Bridge.
9. Acronym of parameterized unit testing.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
10. To physically place (something or someone somewhere)
11. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
    countable, uncountable
12. Fixed; stationary: stay put.
13. Initialism of programmable unijunction transistor.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
14. To place in abstract; to attach or attribute; to assign
15. An old card game.
    uncountable
16. To change or cause to change direction; go or cause to go from one tack to another.
17. Initialism of person using television.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
18. To bring or set (into a certain relation, state or condition)
19. To save for later use: "Some crops were so abundant they could even be put by" (Carole Lalli).
20. To express (something in a certain manner)
21. To propose for consideration: put forward a new plan.
22. To head for shore.
23. To construct; create: put together a new bookcase; put together a tax package.
24. To impose on; overburden: He was always being put upon by his friends.
25. To bring to an end; terminate.
26. To establish a permanent residence in a locale.

Equivalents

Examples

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

“c. 1900, Universal Cyclopaedia Entry for Stock-Exchange A put and a call may be combined in one instrument, the holder of which may either buy or sell as he chooses at the fixed price.”

“the put of a ball”

“The Stag's was a Forc'd put, and a Chance rather than a Choice.”

“Among the in-door amusements of the costermonger is card-playing, at which many of them are adepts. The usual games are all-fours, all-fives, cribbage, and put.”

“Queer Country-puts extol Queen Bess's reign, And of lost hospitality complain.”

“The old put wanted to make a parson of me, but d—n me, thinks I to myself, I'll nick you there, old cull; the devil a smack of your nonsense shall you ever get into me.”

“The Captain has a hearty contempt for his father, I can see, and calls him an old put, an old snob, an old chaw-bacon, and numberless other pretty names.”

“Any number of varlet to be had for a few ducats and what droll puts the citizens seem in it all!”

“And Mrs. Penny-a-hoist Pim, said Mr. Gorman. That old put, said Mr. Nolan.”

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