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put

put

48 9.0
An option that lets you sell a stock at a fixed price before a set date
  • noun
  • /pʊt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : opción de venta
  • It's very similar to what they're doing, except, you know, they're selling puts and you're selling calls.

Fairy tale is you buy puts, you wait for the bottom.

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Examples

  • And so we bought both a put and a call.

  • Finally, the value of a put increases with the size of the exercise price.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Is this when you sell a put or you sell a call?

  • So, yeah, you can certainly sell a put and get paid to buy low.

  • So what this strategy is called, you own the stock and you buy a put, right?

  • A professional will buy contracts like puts or calls to manage risk.

  • So what I did is I bought some some puts and I bought the December puts.

  • So you were buying puts as it was as it was falling apart.

  • This is about studying put options or put spreads, right?

  • In the world of finance, a put option allows an investor to sell a stock at a predetermined price before a specific date.

Synonyms

put option
vsput
  • Specialized
3 8.3

A contract that gives you the choice to sell an investment at a fixed price within a set time

describes the sale right without explicitly saying lack of obligation

Antonyms

call option
  • Specialized
2 7.7

A contract that lets someone choose to buy something of value at a set price for a limited time

Idioms

To challenge people or things in hard situations to show their ability

38 2.8

To earn enough money to support yourself or your family

15 3.8

Figure out what happened from obvious facts

To focus all your attention and effort on achieving something

To say that someone said something when they did not

Tell someone to be quiet

To force someone to do something by threatening them

To support your words by giving money or doing work

To drive or work as fast as possible, often to finish something

To keep moving forward step by step despite problems

6 7.7

Tell someone to do what they say or stop talking

Imagine being in another person's situation to understand their feelings

Make a very good impression when you meet someone or start something new

Risk all your money or chances on one plan

To do things in the wrong order

Show support by giving money or doing something to help

Make people very afraid and make them respect you by showing power

To be completely open and honest about your plans or feelings

To say or do something embarrassing by accident

2 9.5

Raise your fists to get ready to fight or defend yourself

Make someone feel tougher or more manly, often said as a joke

To start working very hard to reach a goal

Offer money for catching or killing a person

To take a big risk to help another person or group

1 8.3

Unable to manage easily because you have little money or help

Stop arguing and agree to work together

To try to undo something you cannot change

Arrange your personal, money, and legal matters before illness or death

1 8.4

To make small changes to something bad so it looks better without fixing the real problem

1 9.9

Act in a showy way to impress people

put her there
  • Archaic
1 9.8

Hold out your hand to ask for a friendly handshake

To say you want to be chosen for a job or position

To be ordinary like other people

Accept this fact even if you do not like it

Try to make things the way they were after they changed

Tell someone about an idea so they will think about it later

To cause a plan to fail or have big problems

To give someone money or a job so they can live

To say the same idea in another way

Make facts clear by showing proof

to put foot to ass
  • Offensive
9.9

Take strong action to make someone work or change

To work as hard as you can, often more than expected

7.4

Act confident and serious to hide nerves before a challenge

7.8

To try as hard as possible to do something

To say something embarrassing without meaning to

To yell at or threaten someone to make them try harder

To give money willingly, often when it is not needed

To gain weight and become healthier after being thin or sick

To make someone angry or ready to argue

Speak badly about someone or something to other people

To say something sharp to hurt or criticize someone

To attack or criticize someone who is already in trouble

Compounds

put-on
  • Informal
8 7.6

Seems real but is actually false

7 7.2

Other people make someone do more than is fair

put-down
  • Offensive
5 6.6

A remark that makes someone feel small or embarrassed

5 2.7

A track and field event where athletes throw a heavy metal ball as far as possible

put-on
  • Informal
4 7.5

A false act or story that tries to trick people, often to make them laugh

put option
  • Specialized
3 8.3

A contract that gives you the choice to sell an investment at a fixed price within a set time

put-up job
  • Informal
1 8.5

A secret plan to trick people by making something seem accidental

put-up
  • Informal
1 8.1

Arranged secretly to make something look real but trick people

put-put
  • Specialized
9.2

A small engine on a boat that makes a chugging sound

Surface Forms

put singular
puts plural

Etymology

Put as a noun in finance comes from the same simple verb put, meaning 'place' or 'put down'; a put gives you the right to sell or 'put' an asset at a set price. So a put helps you place the asset with a buyer at that price to protect against a fall.