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placing, vbl. n.|ˈpleɪsɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
a. The action of the verb place; the condition or mode of being placed; putting, setting, location; position, situation; arrangement, etc.: see the verb; spec. the finding of specific buyers for a large quantity of stocks or shares, esp. a new issue.
1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Cor. 34 The diuers placyng and vse [of the members]..apertayneth to the welth of the whole body. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. xix. 21 b, Hauing wel considered the placing of the campe. 1611Shakes. Cymb. iii. v. 65 Shee being downe, I haue the placing of the British Crowne. 1705Hearne Collect. 2 Dec. (O.H.S.) I. 111 It stood according to ye old Placing, U. 3. 7. Jur. 1723Chambers tr. Le Clerc's Treat. Archit. I. 116 The commodius and agreeable placing of Statues. 1821Galt Ann. Parish xx, More than all my absences..from the time of my placing. 1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 446 The wrong placing of the adverb only. 1894Daily News 26 July 3/3 He won the race so easily that little notice need be taken of the placings of the remainder of the field. 1898[see placer1]. 1930Economist 1 Nov. 825/1 There have, in addition, been various private ‘placings’ of new capital, including {pstlg}2,000,000 5 per cent debentures of the underground. 1935Ibid. 7 Sept. 476/1 There would appear to be no immediate intention of a ‘placing’ of the bonds in London. 1936Ibid. 15 Feb. 368/1 Facilities will not usually be forthcoming for ‘placings’ of ordinary as distinct from fixed interest capital. 1949Ann. Reg. 1948 453 ‘First Preference’ industries..[were enabled to obtain] 13·3 per cent of adult placings. 1955Times 30 June 16/1 Mean⁓while, the flow of placings and introductions is to be continued next week with a placing of Preference and Ordinary shares of L. M. Van Moppes and Sons. 1968Economist 13 Apr. 53 The trouble is that this success with conventional ‘placing’ has inhibited new ideas. The Ministry of Labour finds people new jobs: it does not encourage the people to add to their skills. 1971I. Butykai tr. Lukovich's Electric Foil Fencing i. 23 Latin domination of the sport was unbroken with French or Italian competitors winning all the major international contests, world championships and Olympic tournaments. They took most of the placings, too. 1973Scotsman 13 Feb. 3/4 A placing is advertised today of five million shares in Bishopsgate Platinum.
b. attrib., as placing-house, the building in a china or earthenware factory where the ware is ‘placed’ in fire-clay saggers or setters in preparation for being baked; placing officer, a placement officer (placement 2); placing shot, stroke Cricket (see quot.).
1881Porcelain Works Worcester 25 The manufactured objects being now ready for baking are taken to the placing house of the biscuit oven.
1963T. Parker Unknown Citizen v. 136, I asked him if he'd like to see the Ministry of Labour placing officer when he next came into the prison.
1925Country Life 15 Aug. 244/2 The push shots or placing shots... You can steer and guide these strokes with tolerable accuracy, hence their name of placing strokes... If the ball be pitched well up, simply lean out towards it..and..play a crouching push stroke at it, and it will travel between mid-on and square-leg. |