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puts

/pʊts/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
  2. A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
  3. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
  4. An old card game.
  5. To place something somewhere.
  6. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
  7. To exercise a put option.
  8. To express something in a certain manner.
  9. To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
  10. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
  11. An idiot; a foolish person; a duffer.
  12. A prostitute.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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