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positioning | |
1. n. The act of positioning; placement. | |
position | |
1. n. A place or location. | |
2. n. A post of employment; a job. | |
3. n. A status or rank. | |
Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army. | |
4. n. An opinion, stand or stance. | |
My position on this issue is unchanged. | |
5. n. A posture. | |
Stand in this position, with your arms at your side. | |
6. n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player. | |
Stop running all over the field and play your position! | |
7. n. (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm or institution. | |
8. n. (finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price. | |
9. n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error. | |
10. n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn. | |
11. v. To put into place. | |