| See under post 2 (def. 7). |
[pohst] 
| 1. | a position of duty, employment, or trust to which one is assigned or appointed: a diplomatic post. |
| 2. | the station or rounds of a person on duty, as a soldier, sentry or nurse. |
| 3. | a military station with permanent buildings. |
| 4. | a local unit of a veterans' organization. |
| 5. | trading post. |
| 6. | a place in the stock exchange where a particular stock is traded. |
| 7. | (in the British military services) either of two bugle calls (first post and last post) giving notice of the time to retire for the night, similar in purpose to the U.S. taps. |
| 8. | the body of troops occupying a military station. |
| 9. | to place or station at a post. |
| 10. | to provide or put up, as bail. |
| 11. | to appoint to a post of command. |
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