placement

English

Etymology

From place +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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Noun

placement (plural placements)

1. The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
2. A location or position.

   It seems to me that the placement of that post could be better.

3. The act of matching a person with a job

   The agency does not guarantee placement, but they work on commission.

Derived terms

• job placement
• product placement

Translations

the act of placing or putting in place

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放置 (cmn) (fàngzhì), 安置 (cmn) (ānzhì)

• Finnish: sijoittaminen (fi), sijoitus (fi)
• French: placement (fr) m
• German: Platzierung (de) f

• Hebrew: מיקום (he) (mikúm) m
• Hungarian: helyezés (hu)
• Italian: piazzamento (it) m
• Russian: размещение (ru) (razmeščénije) n

a location or position

• Finnish: sijoitus (fi), sijainti (fi)
• Hebrew: מיקום (he) (mikúm) m

• Russian: расположение (ru) (raspoložénije) n

the act of matching a person with a job

• Finnish: työhönsijoitus (fi)

• Russian: трудоустройство (ru) (trudoustrójstvo) n