To put into place.
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.
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 be dispersed upon.
To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks.
To deflect (radiation or particles).
To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
The act of scattering or dispersing.
A collection of dispersed objects.