One who makes specious arguments; one who is disputatious.
A type of dialogue or argument where the participants do not have any reasonable goal. The aim is to argue for the sake of conflict, and often to see who can yell the loudest.
Provoking strife, controversy or discord.
An opinion, stand, or stance.
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.
The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
A situation suitable to perform some action.
The order in which players are seated around the table.
A status or rank.
A place or location.
A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
A posture.
A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
A post of employment; a job.
An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
To put into place.