Put vs Punt - What's the difference?
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To place something somewhere.
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, chapter=20 To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
(finance) To exercise a put option.
To express something in a certain manner.
* Hare
(athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport.
To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
* (John Dryden)
To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
To attach or attribute; to assign.
(obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
* Wyclif Bible, John xv. 13
To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
* Berkeley
* Milton
(obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
* Jonathan Swift
* Sir Walter Scott
* Milton
(mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
(business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
(finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
* Johnson's Cyc.
The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
* L'Estrange
An old card game.
(obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person.
* Bramston
* F. Harrison
* 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 244:
(rugby, American football, Australian Rules football, Gaelic football, soccer) to kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.
* As a colloquialism, 'So I punted' means the speaker chose the best alternative among a menu of non-ideal choices.
(soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
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To retreat from one's objective.
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(rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground. Contrast drop kick.
A point in the game of faro.
The act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
A bet or wager.
An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
(glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.
(British, chiefly, Ireland) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
* Thackeray
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(figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
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As verbs the difference between put and punt
is that put is to place something somewhere while punt is to propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.As nouns the difference between put and punt
is that put is a right to sell something at a predetermined price while punt is a pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.As an acronym PUT
is acronym of Parameterized Unit Testing|lang=en.As an initialism PUT
is initialism of lang=en|programmable unijunction transistor.put
English
(wikipedia put)Etymology 1
From (etyl) putten, puten, poten, from (etyl) .Verb
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- All this is ingeniously and ably put .
- His fury thus appeased, he puts to land.
- to put a wrong construction on an act or expression
- No man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends.
- to put''' a question; to '''put a case
- Put' the perception and you ' put the mind.
- These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin.
- These wretches put us upon all mischief.
- Put me not to use the carnal weapon in my own defence.
- Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge.
- (Raymond)
Derived terms
* put about * put across * put aside * put away * put back * put by * put down * put end * put forth * put forward * put in * put in place * put in practice * put into * put off * put on * put on airs * put on a pedestal * put one over * put one's cards on the table * put one's house in order * put one's money where one's mouth is * put one's name in the hat * put out * put out feelers * put over * put paid to * put someone in mind of * put through * put to * put together * put to rest * put two and two together * put under * put up * put up with * put upon * put with * put wise * put words in someone's mouth * putable * puttable * input * outputSee also
puttenNoun
(en noun)- He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.
- A put and a call may be combined in one instrument, the holder of which may either buy or sell as he chooses at the fixed price.
- the put of a ball
- The stag's was a forc'd put , and a chance rather than a choice.
- (Young)
See also
* (Stock option) * call * optionEtymology 2
Origin unknown. Perhaps related to (etyl) pwt.Noun
(en noun)- Queer country puts extol Queen Bess's reign.
- What droll puts the citizens seem in it all.
- 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.
Etymology 3
(etyl) pute.Statistics
*punt
English
Etymology 1
(etyl), probably from (etyl)Etymology 2
Possibly a dialectal variant of (bunt); Rugby is the origin of the sports usage of the term.Verb
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Derived terms
* drop punt * punt returner * punter * torpedo puntNoun
(en noun)Etymology 3
From (etyl) ponte or (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- She heard of his punting at gaming tables.
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citation, passage=Eriksson's men still worth a punt }}
citation, passage=Australians have a reputation for being keen to bet on two flies climbing up a wall and today young ones often take a casual classroom punt }}