put

1. (v) To physically place (something or someone somewhere). 2. (v) To place in abstract; to attach or attribute; to assign. 3. (v) To bring or set (into a certain relation, state or condition). 4. (v) To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention. 5. (v) To express (something in a certain manner). 6. (v) To set as a calculation or estimate. 7. (v) To steer; to direct one's course; to go. 8. (v) (especially athletics) To throw with a pushing motion, especially in reference to the sport of shot put. (Do not confuse with putt.) 9. (v) (finance) To sell (assets) under the terms of a put option. 10. (v) (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway. 11. (n) The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push. 12. (n) (uncountable) An old card game. 13. (v) (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender. 14. (v) (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige. 15. (n) (obsolete) A fellow, especially an eccentric or elderly one; a duffer. 16. (n) (obsolete) A prostitute. 17. (v) To play a card or a hand in the game called "put". 18. (n) (business, finance) Ellipsis of put option (“right to sell something at a predetermined price”) [(business, finance) An option to sell a stated quantity of an asset or financial product, such as stock, at a stated price (the strike price), on a stated future date (or range of dates).] 19. (n) (electronics) Initialism of programmable unijunction transistor. 20. (n) (software, testing) Acronym of parameterized unit test. 21. (n) (software, testing) Acronym of parameterized unit testing. 22. (n) (broadcasting) Initialism of person using television.