put in WordNet English dictionary

1. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
   "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
   arrange  set up  put  order 
   
2. attribute or give
   "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
   put  assign 
   
3. formulate in a particular style or language
   "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
   frame  redact  cast  put  couch 
   
4. make an investment
   "Put money into bonds"
   invest  put  commit  place 
   
5. put into a certain place or abstract location
   "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
   put  set  place  pose  position  lay 
   
6. estimate
   "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
   place  put  set 
   
7. cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
   "That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your ideas in writing"
   put 
   
8. adapt
   "put these words to music"
   put 
   
9. cause (someone) to undergo something
   "He put her to the torture"
   put 
   

1. the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
   put option  put