Meaning

• A place or location.

• 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."

• (team sports) 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.

• 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.

• The full state of a chess game at any given turn.

Meaning

• To put into place.