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May 27, 2012
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Synonyms for put

Noun

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

Verb

1. put, set, place, pose, position, lay, move, displace, put over, put back, put back, put off, put down, put away, put together, put on, put up, put down, put across
usage: 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"
2. put, change, alter, modify, put off, put down, put off, put out, put to sleep, put out, put under, put away, put through, put to sleep, put up, put through, put out
usage: cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"
3. frame, redact, cast, put, couch, give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate
usage: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
4. put, assign, use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
usage: 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"
5. invest, put, commit, place, spend, expend, drop
usage: make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
6. place, put, set, estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge
usage: estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
7. put, subject
usage: cause (someone) to undergo something; "He put her to the torture"
8. put, arrange, set
usage: adapt; "put these words to music"
9. arrange, set up, put, order, organize, organise
usage: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
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