The natural hierarchy of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds.
The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate, as determined by the especially natural propensity for domination of different members of a specific group over each other, such as older brothers and sisters over their younger siblings.
A status or rank.
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 place or location.
A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
An opinion, stand, or stance.
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.