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Put is a related term of quarter.


As an acronym put

is (software|testing).

As an initialism put

is (electronics).

As an adjective quarter is

pertaining to an aspect of a.

As a noun quarter is

any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided.

As a verb quarter is

to divide into quarters or quarter can be (obsolete) to drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.

put

English

(wikipedia put)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) putten, puten, poten, from (etyl) .

Verb

  • To place something somewhere.
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  • 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
    • All this is ingeniously and ably put .
  • (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport.
  • To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
  • * (John Dryden)
    • His fury thus appeased, he puts to land.
  • To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
  • To attach or attribute; to assign.
    • to put a wrong construction on an act or expression
  • (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
  • * Wyclif Bible, John xv. 13
    • No man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends.
  • To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
    • to put''' a question; to '''put a case
  • * Berkeley
    • Put' the perception and you ' put the mind.
  • * Milton
    • These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin.
  • (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • These wretches put us upon all mischief.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Put me not to use the carnal weapon in my own defence.
  • * Milton
    • Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge.
  • (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
    • (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 * output
    See also
    putten

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
    • He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.
  • * Johnson's Cyc.
    • 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 act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
    • the put of a ball
  • * L'Estrange
    • The stag's was a forc'd put , and a chance rather than a choice.
  • An old card game.
    • (Young)
    See also
    * (Stock option) * call * option

    Etymology 2

    Origin unknown. Perhaps related to (etyl) pwt.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person.
  • * Bramston
    • Queer country puts extol Queen Bess's reign.
  • * F. Harrison
    • What droll puts the citizens seem in it all.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 244:
    • 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.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A prostitute.

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    Anagrams

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    quarter

    English

    Etymology 1

    Via (etyl) quartier, from (etyl) quartarius, from quartus.

    Adjective

    (-) (also spelled with prefix (quarter-))
  • Pertaining to an aspect of a .
  • (chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (1/4, 25%).
  • * A quarter''' hour; a '''quarter''' century; a '''quarter''' note; a '''quarter pound.
  • (chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
  • * A quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.
  • * A quarter session is one held quarterly at the end of a quarter.
    • Derived terms
    * quarter blanket * quarter bottle * quarter century * quarter crack * quarter day * quarter final * quarter horse * quarter hour * quarter moon * quarter note * quarter pound * quarter session * quarter waiter * quarter year

    Noun

  • Any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided.
  • (US, Canada) A coin worth 25 cents (1/4 of a dollar).
  • A period of three consecutive months (1/4 of a year).
  • A section or area (of a town, etc.).
  • (uncountable) Accommodation granted to a defeated opponent
  • * 1955 , J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King , HarperCollinsPublishers (2007), p. 1110.
    • Hard fighting and long labour they had still; for the Southrons were bold men and grim, and fierce in despair, and the Easterlings were strong and war-hardened and asked for no quarter .
  • An old English measure of corn, containing 8 bushels.
  • * 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , volume 4, p. 204.
    • One of these is 1 Hen. V, cap. 10, defining the quarter of corn to be eight struck bushels, and putting fines on purveyors who take more.
  • An old English measure of cloth, nine inches or four nails
  • (historical) Each of the four divisions or watches of a twelve-hour night.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Mark VI:
    • And aboute the fourth quartre of the nyght, he cam unto them, walkinge apon the see [...].
  • (heraldiccharge) A charge made up of a quarter of the shield, larger than a canton, and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
  • That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin.
  • * 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]
    • ...at last she kicked right over the carriage pole and fell down, after giving me a severe blow on my near quarter .
  • (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
  • (obsolete) Friendship; amity; concord.
  • * Shakespeare
    • In quarter , and in terms like bride and groom.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, and yet kept good quarter between themselves.
  • A quartermaster sergeant; a quartermaster.
  • * 1925 , (Ford Madox Ford), No More Parades'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), p. 360:
    • Tietjens said: ‘Send the Canadian sergeant-major to me at the double….’ to the quarter .
    Synonyms
    * (one of four equal parts ): fourth, fourth part, * (period of three consecutive months ): trimester * (section of a town ): borough, district, region
    Derived terms
    * fat quarter * quarterly * quarters * quarter of * quarter past * quarter to
    Related terms
    * quart

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To divide into quarters.
  • To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
    • Quarter the horses in the third stable.
  • To lodge; to have a temporary residence.

    • References

    ; Adjective * "quarter" at Merriam-Webster * "quarter" in Harrap's Shorter , 2006, p. 761

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) cartayer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
    • Every creature that met us would rely on us for quartering — De Quincey.
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