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▪ I. ranking, vbl. n.1|ˈræŋkɪŋ|
[f. rank v.1]
a. The action of placing in rank, arranging, etc. Also, the outcome of such action; ordering, classification. Also attrib.
1625J. Glanvill Voy. to Cadiz (Camden) 16 The nameing and rankeing of the shipps. 1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. Pref., They are ill contrived in the Disposition and Ranking of the things contained in them. 1903Daily Chron. 29 Sept. 3/1 The provision of additional ranking accommodation [for cabs] in suitable places. 1909N.Y. Even. Post 31 Dec. 4/5 William A. Larned..and Hackett and Alexander..lead the tennis players, according to the official ranking. 1926W. S. Bruce Salt & Sense viii. 64 The men of money are supposed to be above the men of mind. That ranking is entirely wrong. 1939A. E. Treloar Elem. Statistical Reasoning iii. 38 Arrangement of a series of values in order of magnitude is known as ranking. 1948Sporting Mirror 21 May 14/1 According to American world ranking he places one higher than our own Alan Paterson. 1962C. Barber in F. Behre Contrib. Eng. Syntax 28 The complete ranking-order of the ten tenses in my material is as follows: 1. Present Simple Active (64%). 2. Present Simple Passive (25%) [etc.]. 1969C. Davidson in Cockburn & Blackburn Student Power 345 The question of ranking and university complicity with the Selective Service System needs to be tied to a general anti-draft and ‘No Draft for Vietnam’ movement. 1978Taxi 16 Feb. 17/2 All the Airport hotels refused..to allow ranking facilities on their premises.
b. Sc. Law, with ref. to creditors or claims on an estate (see rank v.1 4 and 6 c); also in phr. ranking and sale (cf. quot. 1711).
1695Acts Sederunt 2 Nov. (1790) 215 The ranking of the creditors..shall proceed. 1711Ibid. 23 Nov. (1790) 249 Act anent Bankrupts, the Ranking of their Creditors, and Sale of their Estates. Ibid., The raiser of a process of sale and ranking. 1773Erskine Inst. Law Scot. I. ii. xii. 409 An action of ranking and sale, which is calculated for the common interest of all the creditors. 1882Watson Bell's Dict. Law Scot. 800 Ranking and sale..is now practically superseded by the simpler procedure provided by the Bankruptcy Act.
c. U.S. Blacks. (See quot. 1958.) Cf. rank v. 5 c.
1958W. B. Miller in Jrnl. Social Issues XIV. iii. 16 The term ‘ranking’, used to refer to the pattern of intra-group repartee, indicates awareness of the fact that this is one device for establishing the intra-group hierarchy. 1974H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens v. 183 In a Brooklyn, New York, secondary school the terms ranking and sounding are still used.
▪ II. ranking, vbl. n.2
see rank v.4 |