place

/pleɪs/ verb [T]

Definition

› to do the things necessary to make something happen: place an advertisement/order Orders can be placed by phone or via the website. The President placed calls to several world leaders to discuss the crisis.

› STOCK MARKET, FINANCE to find buyers for shares when they are made available for sale: place sth with sth Brokers BZW place shares in the company with various institutional investors.

› HR to find a job for someone to do for a short period so that they can get some work experience: The college placed him with a software firm for a month.

(Definition of place verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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