position

noun

1. 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.”

2. A post of employment; a job.
3. A status or rank.

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

4. An opinion, stand, or stance.

   “My position on this issue is unchanged.”

   “The cause therfore of divorce expres’t in the position cannot but agree with that describ’d in the best and equalest sense of Moses Law.”

5. A posture.

   “Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.”

6. (figuratively)A situation suitable to perform some action.

   “The school is not in a position to provide day-care after 4:00 pm.”

7. 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!”

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

   “long position”

   “naked position”

   “For example, at 50:1 leverage, if you're holding a $100,000 position in USD/CHF, you'll need to have at least $2,000 of available margin to hold the position ([$100,000 ÷ 100] × 0.50 = $500).”

9. 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.
10. A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
11. The full state of a chess game at any given turn.

    “The following problem-like position occurred in an over-the-board game at a base in Korea:”

12. The order in which players are seated around the table.
13. A pin; a connector.

verb

1. 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.”