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post(3)(dictionary)
post(12)(dictionary)
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Post(money)
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post(9) (iou) and khalassi (iou)


post(9) (iou)



post verb1 trans. E16.
[from POST noun1. Cf. earlier POSTING noun1.]
a. Give a square or rectangular cross-section to (timber); make into posts. obsolete exc. dial. E16.
b. Provide or set with posts. rare. E18.
Fix (a notice etc.) to a post, board, etc.; stick up in a prominent or public place. Freq. foll. by up. M17.
M. Forster Handbills offering a reward were..posted everywhere.
b. Put up notices etc. on or in; cover with posters etc. M19.
Make known, advertise, bring before the public (as) by means of a placard or notice; spec. (now rare) make known as a defaulter etc., expose to ignominy or ridicule, in this way. M17.
R. South Infallible Cures, which we daily see posted up in every Corner. Thackeray I'll post you for a swindler. J. O'Hara To be posted at the Gibbsville Club..could mean..you had not paid your bill.
b. Publish the name of (a ship, soldier, etc.) as overdue or missing. L19.
c. Achieve, score. N. Amer. M20.
New Yorker He won nineteen Games..and lost..eight, posting an earned-run average of 2.48.
d. Announce, publish. N. Amer. M20.
Times Companies that posted big price increases..will be audited.
Comb.: Post-it, Post-it note (proprietary name for) a small piece of coloured paper with an adhesive strip on one side, used for written notes which can be attached prominently to an object or surface and easily removed.

khalassi (iou)



khalassi noun. Also khalashi, kalashy, khalasi, kalasi; clashee, clashy. L18.

A native of the Indian subcontinent of inferior rank, esp. one employed as a seaman.