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put

put

13 9.0
An option that lets you sell a stock at a fixed price before a set date
  • noun
  • /pʊt/
  • Specialized
: 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
4 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

To say that someone said something when they did not

20 2.8

To earn enough money to support yourself or your family

16 3.8

Figure out what happened from obvious facts

To keep moving forward step by step despite problems

Show support by giving money or doing something to help

8 7.7

Tell someone to do what they say or stop talking

Tell someone to be quiet

To force someone to do something by threatening them

To be completely open and honest about your plans or feelings

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

To do things in the wrong order

To say the same idea in another way

To say or do something embarrassing by accident

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

Risk all your money or chances on one plan

Offer money for catching or killing a person

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

To try to undo something you cannot change

2 8.3

Unable to manage easily because you have little money or help

To gain weight and become healthier after being thin or sick

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

Accept this fact even if you do not like it

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

Stop arguing and agree to work together

put her there
  • Archaic
1 9.8

Hold out your hand to ask for a friendly handshake

To make someone angry or ready to argue

Try to make things the way they were after they changed

Imagine being in the other person's place to understand them better

1 7.4

Act confident and serious to hide nerves before a challenge

To attack or criticize someone who is already in trouble

To give someone money or a job so they can live

To be ordinary like other people

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

To cause a plan to fail or have big problems

1 8.2

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

To take a big risk to help another person or group

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

7.8

To try as hard as possible to do something

To say something embarrassing without meaning to

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

To start working very hard to reach a goal

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

To yell at or threaten someone to make them try harder

To give money willingly, often when it is not needed

To focus all your attention and effort on achieving something

To support your words by giving money or doing work

Speak badly about someone or something to other people

To say something sharp to hurt or criticize someone

Compounds

put-down
  • Offensive
9 6.6

A remark that makes someone feel small or embarrassed

6 2.7

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

4 7.2

Other people make someone do more than is fair

put-on
  • Informal
4 7.5

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

put option
  • Specialized
4 8.3

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

put-up
  • Informal
2 8.1

Arranged secretly to make something look real but trick people

put-up job
  • Informal
1 8.5

A secret plan to trick people by making something seem accidental

put-on
  • Informal
1 7.6

Seems real but is actually false

put-put
  • Specialized
1 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.