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 force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
To use a shoehorn.
To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.
A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place.
Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.