puts
/pʊts/ · noun
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.
- The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
- An old card game.
- To place something somewhere.
- To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
- To exercise a put option.
- To express something in a certain manner.
- 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.
- An idiot; a foolish person; a duffer.
- A prostitute.
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