Definitions of put:

• noun:   the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
• verb:   cause (someone) to undergo something

  Example: "He put her to the torture"

• verb:   attribute or give

  Example: "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"

• verb:   cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation

  Example: "That song put me in awful good humor"

• verb:   put into a certain place or abstract location

  Example: "Put your things here"

• verb:   adapt

  Example: "Put these words to music"

• verb:   make an investment

  Example: "Put money into bonds"

• verb:   estimate

  Example: "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."

• verb:   arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.

  Example: "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

• verb:   formulate in a particular style or language

  Example: "I wouldn't put it that way"