n.
        - a place where someone or something is located or has been put. 
▸the correct place.
 ▸a place where part of a military force is posted for strategic purposes.
 - a way in which someone or something is placed or arranged. 
▸the configuration of the pieces and pawns on the board at any point in a game of chess.
 - a situation or set of circumstances. 
▸the state of being advantageously placed in a competitive situation.
 ▸a person's place or rank in relation to others.
 ▸high rank or social standing.
 - a job.
 - (in team games) a role assigned to a player based on the location in which they play.
 - a point of view or attitude.
 - the extent to which an investor, dealer, or speculator has made a commitment in the market by buying or selling securities:
 traders were covering short positions.
 - Logic  a proposition laid down or asserted.
 
v.
  - put or arrange in a particular position.
 - promote (a product, service, or business) within a particular sector of a market.
 
 
  Derivative
  
    - positional adj.
  - positionally adv.
  - positioner n.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr., from L. positio(n-), from ponere ‘to place’.