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pos⋅it

  [poz-it]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to place, put, or set.
2. to lay down or assume as a fact or principle; postulate.
–noun
3. something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
Origin:
1640–50; < L positus, ptp. of pōnere to place, put
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pos·it   (pŏz'ĭt)   
tr.v.   pos·it·ed, pos·it·ing, pos·its
  1. To assume the existence of; postulate. See Synonyms at presume.
  2. To put forward, as for consideration or study; suggest: "If a book is hard going, it ought to be good. If it posits a complex moral situation, it ought to be even better" (Anthony Burgess).
  3. To place firmly in position.

[From Latin positus, past participle of pōnere, to place; see position.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Posit

Pos"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Posited; p. pr. & vb. n. Positing.] [L. ponere, positum, to place. See Position.]

1. To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects. --Sir M. Hale.

2. (Logic) To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a principle. --Sir W. Hamilton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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posit 
1647, from L. positus, pp. of ponere "put, place" (see position).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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POSIT

An electronic system launched in 1987 that matches institutional buy and sell orders for individual stocks and for portfolios of stocks. Trades are priced from the stock's primary market at the time the match is run, and matches take place at the midpoint of the best asking price and the best selling price. POSIT is a joint venture between Investment Technology Group and BARRA, a financial data provider.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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