To place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.
In painting, to apply gentle strokes to smooth a wet coat of paint so as to remove visible roller- or brush-marks, commonly using a dry brush; a similar technique, but using a loaded laying-off brush, may produce a smooth coat of paint when using a roller or the usual brush techniques would leave marks.
To plan out (a navigational course) using a chart.
To cease, quit, stop (doing something).
(of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.
To stop bothering, teasing, or pestering someone; to leave (someone) alone.
To arrange for or to make (a bet).
To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
To earn a given spot in a competition.
To rank at (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
To establish a call (connection by telephone or similar).
To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
To place-kick (a goal).
An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
A state of mind.
The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
An area of the body, especially the skin.
An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
The position of a contestant in a competition.
A location or position in space.
Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
A role or purpose; a station.
A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms.
A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
The position as a member of a sports team.
Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
Any area of the earth: a region.