position

A place or location.

• Train positions and speeds were established by a track magnet at each milepost, which produced a suitable mark on the punched recording tape whenever a train passed.

A post of employment; a job.

A status or rank.

• Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.

An opinion, stand, or stance.

• My position on this issue is unchanged.

A posture.

• Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.

A situation suitable to perform some action.figuratively

• The school is not a inposition to provide day-care after 4:00 pm.

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!

An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.

• long position
• naked position

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.

A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.

To put into place.

• While other small nations with large banking sectors, such as Iceland and Ireland, have been undone by their reckless lending practices, the debt-free Channel Islands have always positioned themselves as dependable repositories of riches.