placementn.
/ˈpleɪsm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈpleɪsm(ə)nt/ (in sense 3)Brit. /ˈplas(ə)mɒ̃/, U.S. /ˌplæsəˈmɑn(t)/ 1. The action or an act of placing (in various senses); the fact or situation of being placed; placing, arrangement, position.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [noun]
layingc1330
pitchinga1398
settinga1398
couchingc1400
stowingc1440
placingc1449
stelling1560
disposition1563
location1568
planting1585
situation1589
collocation1605
situating1611
disposurea1625
depositure1635
allodgement1639
instalment1646
fixation1652
deposition1659
lodgement1713
repositing1713
emplacement1742
bestowal1773
locating1774
disposal1828
placement1844
allocation1846
enlodgement1884
siting1902
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > [noun] > action of arranging
disposingc1440
raying1552
marshalling1591
position1616
arrangement1728
ordering1828
placement1844
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > manner of playing ball
bata1400
back-swing1577
banding1589
stroke1662
stop1773
swipe1788
hit1810
straik1820
screwing1825
return1833
volleying1837
return stroke1838
volley1851
swiper1853
shot1868
handling1870
screw kick1870
mishit1882
smash1882
misfield1886
fumble1895
run-up1897
mishitting1900
balloon1904
carryback1905
placement1909
tonk1922
trick shot1924
retrieve1952
sizzler1960
undercut1960
shotmaking1969
1795 W. Short Let. 2 Sept. in J. Catanzariti Papers T. Jefferson (2000) XXVIII. 445 This indeed if it be 6. per cent net, would be a fine placement, and be much better than having slaves.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 688 A malformation in the placement of its tines.
1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 304 I..cannot consent to the placement of such a word in our Dictionaries.
1897 J. C. Robinson in 19th Cent. Dec. 961 Art treasures..have found their way..to abiding placements from which there can be no return.
1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Placement,..specif., in American football, the placing of the ball on the ground to make a place kick for a goal from the field.
1922 H. H. Goddard Juvenile Delinquency 78 She was soon brought into court and adjudged ‘a dependent and neglected child’. The next five years were a round of placements (or misplacements) in families.
1931 G. O. Russell Speech & Voice xx. 204 So-called ‘voice placement’, or what the singer called ‘good resonance’.
1949 G. Shurr & R. D. Yocom Mod. Dance v. 125 Lower left knee to floor without disturbing placement of extended toe.
1968 P. M. Postal Aspects Phonol. Theory vi. 121 On all other grounds but stress placement, one would assign such a form the systematic phonological matrix we can abbreviate as [etc.].
1977 Time 4 July 12/3 ‘I try to explain to Tracy that she's got a baby-puff serve,’ says Landsdorp. ‘The trouble is, she wins with it.’ One reason she does is precision placement.
1994 Sci. Amer. Mar. 63/1 The weight that an individual in one division gives to the actions of others depends on those persons' placement in the hierarchy.
2. The action or process of finding a person employment; a position or job found for a person. Also (British): (a period of) attachment to a workplace or educational establishment in order to gain experience.
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1913 Jrnl. Educ. (Univ. of Boston School of Educ.) 77 483/1 Before the time of placement, the greater part of the vocational councilor's [sic] time is spent in trying to fit a girl for a position.
1918 G. R. Stein Placement Techniques in Employment Work of Red Cross 3/2 Its experience was at times very discouraging, because so few of the placements were at all constructive.
1949 Occupations 27 323/2 The placement of pupils is done..by the State Employment service and the schools.
1977 P. Mittler Day Services for Mentally Handicapped Adults (Nat. Devel. Group for Mentally Handicapped) x. 71 Placement [in employment] is frequently regarded as a single step, whereas it should be a process of carefully planned stages.
1989 EuroBusiness Jan. 7/3 Students..have to complete a two-month industrial placement in each country.
1996 Independent 4 Apr. ii. 20/2 Courses that offer training and unpaid work placements can benefit trainee and host company alike.
3. The allocation of places to people at a dining table. Also occasionally: a means of indicating this; a place-card holder.
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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > [noun] > table-plan
table plan1884
placement1939
1939 in H. Nicolson Diplomacy x. 247 The science of seating diplomatic guests in such a manner as to avoid enraging them is called the science of ‘placement’.
1962 ‘J. le Carré’ Murder of Quality v. 61 If you..make a fault in the placement of your dinner guests..D'Arcy will find you out.
1973 Times 31 July 7/2 Wrestling with the placement, I put him next to Jean Muir, another total perfectionist, and they much enjoyed each other.
1976 C. Oman Oxf. Childhood vii. 135 A piece of Edwardian Prosperity..the violet morocco-covered placement into which a hostess slipped little name cards to show guests where they would be sitting at the dining table.
2004 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 17 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 1 At every dinner and sometimes lunch as well, the formalities of placement are strictly observed.
Compounds
C1. (In sense 2.)
placement board n.
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1955 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 24 167 Englehardt..announced a bill to be offered to the incoming legislature proposing creation of ‘placement boards’ which would assign children to schools.
1973 Soviet Weekly 10 Feb. When representatives of the State Placement Board come along, all they have to do is to study our recommendations.
2002 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 8 Aug. 1 The Priest Placement Board will create a profile based partly on the comments made by the parishioners, according to church officials.
placement centre n.
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1942 Long Beach (Calif.) Independent 6 Mar. 32/5 Jobseekers totaling more than 4000 jammed the opening of the aircraft job placement center in Los Angeles.
1967 Guardian 8 Dec. 1/1 The so-called Placement Center, an Americanism signifying the college employment office.
2004 Times of India (Nexis) 30 Mar. We have 600 students of 38 nationalities including Indians. We have a placement centre.
placement director n.
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1936 G. C. Minard in S. Glueck & E. Glueck Preventing Crime xv. 296 He is assisted by a psychologist, a placement director, and five social workers.
1956 W. H. Whyte Organization Man (1957) vi. 63 If the college is large and its placement director efficient, the processing operation is visibly impressive.
1994 W. Farrell Myth Male Power (rev. ed.) 293 Lujuana Treadwell, placement director, UC Berkeley Law School's Boalt Hall.
placement exam n.
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1953 College Composition & Communication 4 84/1 Various colleges gave placement exams well in advance of the registration period.
2001 Slavic & East European Jrnl. 45 525 The heritage learners' problems..were traceable all the way back to the placement exam.
placement examination n.
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1923 School Rev. Dec. 731 It is proposed to meet this condition by asking each student who is admitted to college to take a placement examination, or examinations, in English.
1953 Eng. Jrnl. 42 167/1 A placement examination taken by students after admission would allow them college credit for subjects really mastered.
2000 Hist. Teacher 33 501 With over 170,000 students taking the advancement placement examination in United States History [etc.].
placement fee n.
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1931 P. H. Douglas Probl. of Unemployment xviii. 270 The employment agency has collected its placement fee but the worker has not obtained the long-time employment which he expected.
1973 Guardian 19 May 6 The Bill would make it illegal..for an agency to approach anyone it had already placed in employment with an offer of a higher-paid job in order to earn another placement fee.
1990 Los Angeles June 52/1 The agency placement fee ranges from $500 to $2,500; and caregivers' salaries depend upon experience, training and references.
placement interview n.
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1940 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 35 75 The industrial information obtained in the placement interviews of the various State employment service offices illustrates this situation.
1972 Jrnl. Social Psychol. 86 24 This study examines three hypotheses relevant to interpersonal transactions in the placement interview.
1996 Acad. Managem. Jrnl. 39 1691 The college placement interview typically represents the first face-to-face encounter between graduating students and hiring organizations.
placement officer n.
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1918 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 14 Oct. 10/3 Besides Directing Officer Ferris, Philip W. L. Cox is vocational adviser and J. Foster, placement officer.
1946 Times 3 Sept. 1/3 National organization invites applications for the position of placement officer to organize and supervise the placement of disabled ex-Service men.
1994 Boston Globe 16 Oct. (News section) 1/1 College placement officers..discuss how students now hunkered down in university libraries will emerge to face a workplace far different from that faced by their parents.
placement service n.
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1923 Univ. Jrnl. Business 1 323 There is a good case to be made for free placement service to all students and alumni of any university.
1971 Nature 12 Feb. 448/1 Physicists registering with the placement service operated by the APS outnumbered prospective employers by more than 10 to 1.
1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 8 Mar. 15 (advt.) There is a new training pack for teachers, ‘Management and its environment’ designed by the Teacher Placement Service.
placement test n.
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1924 Amer. Math. Monthly 31 323 Between placement tests and uniform class tests the coefficient of correlation was .531 for the first year and .534 for the second year.
1946 H. P. Maynard in W. S. Knickerbocker 20th Cent. Eng. ii. 186 She turned to me and said, ‘Tell me why he has done so badly on his placement tests.’
1992 Rutgers Mag. Spring 26/2 One university administrator reported hearing unearthly whistling sounds while she scored placement tests in her office on a peaceful August afternoon.
placement work n.
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1916 J. B. Andrews & J. R. Commons Princ. Labor Legis. vi. 282 The system has many good features, such as the close supervision of the educational authorities over the placement work.
1936 Times 3 Jan. 9/5 In their contact with commerce and industry headmasters found that placement work was more and more falling to their lot.
2004 Hamilton Spectator (Ont., Canada) (Nexis) 20 Apr. a14 The program offers students the opportunity to spend their summers doing co-op placement work at Ford's Oakville Assembly plant.
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placement agency n. (a) an employment agency; (b) an agency which places children for fostering or adoption.
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1915 Polit. Sci. Q. 30 518 The book closes with a series of concrete recommendations to the educator and placement agency; to parent and child; and to the business man.
1959 C. V. Good Dict. Educ. (ed. 2) 400/1 A teacher placement agency.
1962 Guardian 7 Nov. 6/3 The registered adoption societies (‘placement agencies’ in America).
1998 Hosp. News Apr. 5 (advt.) We are the largest nursing placement agency in Toronto with the best pay rates, the best variety of shifts and the best overall reputation.
placement drill n. Agriculture = combine drill n. at combine n. c.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > sowing and planting equipment > [noun] > apparatus for sowing > machine for sowing in drills
drill1733
drill-plough1733
seed drill1764
drill-barrow1807
drill-machine1808
placement drill1959
1959 C. Culpin Farm Mechanization Managem. vi. 89 Such increases will rapidly pay for the use of a placement drill.
1973 Country Life 12 July 81/1 Their placement drill for sugar beet seed is an outstanding machine.
placement-drilled adj. sowed by means of a placement drill.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [adjective] > sown > other systems of sowing
thick-sown1683
broadcast1767
placement-drilled1960
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 16 Feb. 97/3 In a poor-growing year the placement-drilled seed is always up three or four days earlier than the other.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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