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puts

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puts

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, puts is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofputs

1noun
  • A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
  • A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.

    Example: "He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet."

  • The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.

    Example: "the put of a ball"

  • An old card game.
1verb
  • To place something somewhere.

    Example: "She put her books on the table."

  • To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.

    Example: "He is putting all his energy into this one task."

  • To exercise a put option.

    Example: "He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80."

  • To express something in a certain manner.

    Example: "When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point."

  • To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
  • To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
  • To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
  • To attach or attribute; to assign.

    Example: "to put a wrong construction on an act or expression"

  • To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
  • To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.

    Example: "to put a question; to put a case"

  • To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
  • To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
1noun
  • An idiot; a foolish person; a duffer.
1noun
  • A prostitute.

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