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post(11)(dictionary)
POST(finance)
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Post(money)
post-op(dictionary)
post(8)(dictionary)
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post(11) (iou)



post verb3 trans. L17.
[from POST noun4.]
Orig. Military.
Place or station (a sentry, guard, etc.) on duty. L17.
P. Rose Guardsmen were posted at Kennington Common. P. Auster He posted himself in front of gate twenty-four.
Appoint to a post, command, or situation, esp. in a different location; spec. (Nautical, now Hist.) appoint to command a post ship, commission as captain. Freq. in pass. E19.
S. Brill The California authorities..posted someone to follow Fitzsimmons. A. C. Grayling He was posted to a mountain artillery regiment. Guardian A young Indian civil servant is posted to..a small provincial town miles away from the..metropolis.