The old put wanted to make a parson of me, but d—n me, thinks I to myself, I'll nick you there, old cull; the devil a smack of your nonsense shall you ever get into me.
A type of option A put option gives the buyer the right but not the obligation to sell a stated number of shares of a security at a stated price on or before a specified date (Also used for bonds & futures contracts) Eg, a Dec 85 Eastman Kodak put option gives the owner the right to sell 100 shares of EK on or before the December expiration date of the option (usually the 3rd Friday of the month) at 85 regardless of the actual price of EK at the time The owner can sell the option at any time before the expiration date Eg, if EK is trading at 80 in mid-November, the owner could sell the put option & collect the current premium He would get $500 for the option's intrinsic value (strike price of 85 minus current market price of 80 = 5) & additional premium for the remaining time value of the option On US exchanges each option represents 100 shares of the underlying stock See also Call (Option)
An option contract under which the holder (buyer) has the right to sell the number of shares of the underlying security that is covered by the contract at a fixed price for a fixed period of time The put option buyer pays the put option seller (writer) a fee called a premium It also obligates the seller, if the buyer exercises, to purchase the underlying security that is covered by the contract at a fixed price for a fixed period of time
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"
An option to sell a specified number of shares of stock at a specified price within a specified period of time
When you put something in a particular place or position, you move it into that place or position. Leaphorn put the photograph on the desk She hesitated, then put her hand on Grace's arm Mishka put down a heavy shopping bag
An option contract that gives the buyer (holder) the right to sell, and places on the writer the obligation to buy a specified number of shares of the underlying stock at the given strike price on or before the expiration date of the contract
If you put something at a particular value or in a particular category, you consider that it has that value or that it belongs in that category. I would put her age at about 50 or so All the more technically advanced countries put a high value on science It is not easy to put the guilty and innocent into clear-cut categories