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post

1  [pohst]
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–noun
1. a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
2. Furniture. one of the principal uprights of a piece of furniture, as one supporting a chair back or forming one corner of a chest of drawers. Compare stump (def. 11).
3. Papermaking. a stack of 144 sheets of handmolded paper, interleaved with felt.
4. Horse Racing. a pole on a racetrack indicating the point where a race begins or ends: the starting post.
5. the lane of a racetrack farthest from the infield; the outside lane. Compare pole 1 (def. 4).
6. Computers.
a. a message that is sent to a newsgroup.
b. text that is placed on a Web site.
–verb (used with object)
7. to affix (a notice, bulletin, etc.) to a post, wall, or the like.
8. to bring to public notice by or as by a poster or bill: to post a reward.
9. to denounce by a public notice or declaration: They were posted as spies.
10. to publish the name of in a list: to post a student on the dean's list.
11. to publish the name of (a ship) as missing or lost.
12. to placard (a wall, fence, etc.) with notices, bulletins, etc.: The wall was posted with announcements.
13. to put up signs on (land or other property) forbidding trespassing:: The estate has been posted by the owner.
14. Computers.
a. to send (a message) to a newsgroup.
b. to place (text) on a Web site.
–verb (used without object)
15. Computers.
a. to send a message to a newsgroup.
b. to place text on a Web site.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE < L postis a post, doorpost, whence also D, LG post, G Pfosten

Related forms:
postless, adverb
postlike, adjective

Synonyms:
1. column, pillar, pile, pole. 6. announce, advertise, publicize.
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post

2  [pohst]
–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
9. to place or station at a post.
10. to provide or put up, as bail.
11. to appoint to a post of command.
Origin:
1590–1600; < F poste < It posto < L positum, neut. of positus, ptp. of pōnere to place, put; cf. posit

Synonyms:
1. assignment. See appointment.

post

3  [pohst]
–noun
1. Chiefly British.
a. a single dispatch or delivery of mail.
b. the mail itself.
c. the letters and packages being delivered to a single recipient.
d. an established mail system or service, esp. under government authority.
2. British. post office (def. 1).
3. (formerly) one of a series of stations along a route, for furnishing relays of men and horses for carrying mail, currency, etc.
4. (formerly) a person who traveled express, esp. over a fixed route, carrying mail, currency, etc.
5. Printing. a size of printing paper or, esp. in Britain, of drawing or writing paper, about 16 × 20 in. (41 × 51 cm).
6. post quarto, Chiefly British. a size of book, about 8 × 10 in. (20 × 25 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: post 4vo
–verb (used with object)
7. Chiefly British. to place in a post office or a mailbox for transmission; mail.
8. Bookkeeping.
a. to transfer (an entry or item), as from the journal to the ledger.
b. to enter (an item) in due place and form.
c. to make all the requisite entries in (the ledger, etc.).
9. to supply with up-to-date information; inform: Keep me posted on his activities.
–verb (used without object)
10. Manège. to rise from and descend to the saddle in accordance with the rhythm of a horse at a trot.
11. to travel with speed; go or pass rapidly; hasten.
–adverb
12. with speed or haste; posthaste.
13. by post or courier.
14. with post horses.
—Idiom
15. post octavo, a size of book, from about 5 × 8 in. to 5 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (13 × 20 cm to 13 1/3 × 21 cm), untrimmed, in America; 5 × 8 in. (13 × 20 cm), untrimmed, in England. Abbreviation: post 8vo
Origin:
1500–10; < F poste < It posta < L posita, fem. of positus, ptp. of pōnere to place, put. See post 2

Synonyms:
9. notify, advise, apprise.

Post

  [pohst]
–noun
1. Charles William, 1854–1914, U.S. businessman: developed breakfast foods.
2. Emily Price, 1873?–1960, U.S. writer on social etiquette.
3. George Browne, 1837–1913, U.S. architect.
4. Wiley, 1899–1935, U.S. aviator.

post-

 
a prefix, meaning “behind,” “after,” “later,” “subsequent to,” “posterior to,” occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (postscript), but now used freely in the formation of compound words (post-Elizabethan; postfix; postgraduate; postorbital).
Origin:
< L, comb. form repr. post (adv. and prep.)
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post 1   (pōst)   
n.  

  1. A long piece of wood or other material set upright into the ground to serve as a marker or support.

  2. A similar vertical support or structure, as:

    1. A support for a beam in the framework of a building.

    2. A terminal of a battery.

  3. Sports A goal post.

  4. The starting point at a racetrack.

  5. The slender barlike part of a stud earring that passes through the ear and is secured at the back with a small cap or clip.

  6. An electronic message sent to a newsgroup: ignored several inflammatory posts.

tr.v.   post·ed, post·ing, posts

    1. To display (an announcement) in a place of public view.

    2. To cover (a wall, for example) with posters.

  2. To announce by or as if by posters: post banns.

  3. Computer Science To send (an electronic message) to a newsgroup: posted a response to a question about car engines.

  4. To put up signs on (property) warning against trespassing.

  5. To denounce publicly: post a man as a thief.

  6. To publish (a name) on a list.

  7. Games To gain (points or a point) in a game or contest; score.


[Middle English, from Old English, from Latin postis; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
post 2   (pōst)   
n.  

    1. A military base.

    2. The grounds and buildings of a military base.

  2. A local organization of military veterans.

  3. Either of two bugle calls in the British Army, sounded in the evening as a signal to retire to quarters.

  4. An assigned position or station, as of a guard or sentry.

  5. Basketball A position usually taken by the center, near either the basket or the foul line, serving as the focus of the team's offense.

  6. A position of employment, especially an appointed public office.

  7. A place to which someone is assigned for duty.

  8. A trading post.

tr.v.   post·ed, post·ing, posts

  1. To assign to a specific position or station: post a sentry at the gate.

  2. To appoint to a naval or military command.

  3. To put forward; present: post bail.


[French poste, from Italian posto, from Old Italian, from Vulgar Latin *postum, from Latin positum, neuter past participle of pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]
post 3   (pōst)   
n.  

    1. A delivery of mail.

    2. The mail delivered.

    3. A governmental system for transporting and delivering the mail.

    4. A post office.

    5. Archaic One of a series of relay stations along a fixed route, furnishing fresh riders and horses for the delivery of mail on horseback.

    6. Obsolete A rider on such a mail route; a courier.

  2. Chiefly British

    1. A governmental system for transporting and delivering the mail.

    2. A post office.

    3. Archaic One of a series of relay stations along a fixed route, furnishing fresh riders and horses for the delivery of mail on horseback.

    4. Obsolete A rider on such a mail route; a courier.

    1. Archaic One of a series of relay stations along a fixed route, furnishing fresh riders and horses for the delivery of mail on horseback.

    2. Obsolete A rider on such a mail route; a courier.

v.   post·ed, post·ing, posts

v.   tr.

  1. To mail (a letter or package).

  2. To send by mail in a system of relays on horseback.

  3. To inform of the latest news: Keep us posted.

    1. To transfer (an item) to a ledger in bookkeeping.

    2. To make the necessary entries in (a ledger).

  5. Computer Science To enter (a unit of information) on a record or into a section of storage.

v.   intr.

  1. To travel in stages or relays.

  2. To travel with speed or in haste.

  3. To bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait.

adv.  

  1. By mail.

  2. With great speed; rapidly.

  3. By post horse.


[French poste, from Old French, relay station for horses, from Old Italian posta, from Vulgar Latin *posta, station, from Latin posita, feminine past participle of pōnere, to place; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]
Post   (pōst)   
American manufacturer of breakfast cereals and the coffee-substitute Postum.
Post, Emily Price 1872-1960.  
American etiquette authority. She wrote Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage (1922) and a popular syndicated newspaper column.
Post, Wiley 1899-1935.  
American aviator who made the first solo flight around the world (1933).
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Word Origin & History

post  (1)
"upright timber," O.E. post "pillar, doorpost," and O.Fr. post, both from L. postis "post," perhaps from por- "forth" + stare "to stand" (see stet). Similar compound in Skt. prstham "back, roof, peak," Avestan parshti "back," Gk. pastas "porch in front of a house, colonnade," M.H.G. virst "ridepole," Lith. pirstas, O.C.S. pristu "finger" (PIE *por-st-i-). The verb meaning "to affix (a paper, etc.) to a post" (in a public place) is first recorded 1650.

post  (2)
"place when on duty," 1598, from M.Fr. poste "place where one is stationed," also, "station for post horses" (16c.), from It. posto "post, station," from V.L. *postum, from L. postium, neut. pp. of ponere "to place, to put" (see position). Earliest sense in Eng. was military; meaning "job, position" is attested 1695. The figurative sense of "carrying" by post horses is also behind the verb in bookkeeping (1622) meaning "to transfer from a day book to a formal account." To keep (someone) posted "supply with news" is 1847, Amer.Eng.

post  (3)
"mail system," 1506, from post (2) on notion of riders and horses posted at intervals along a route to speed mail in relays, from M.Fr. poste in this sense (1477). The verb meaning "to send through the postal system" is recorded from 1837. Postmark (n.) is first recorded 1678; postman first recorded 1529; postcard is from 1870. Post office first recorded 1652 as "public department in charge of letter-carrying;" Meaning "Building where postal business is carried on" is from 1657. In slang or euphemistic sense of "sexual game" it refers to a parlor game first attested early 1850s in which pretend "letters" were paid for by kisses.

post  (v.)
"to put up bail money," 1781, from one of the posts, but which one is uncertain.

post- 
prefix meaning "after," from L. post "behind, after, afterward," from *pos-ti (cf. Arcadian pos, Doric poti "toward, to, near, close by;" O.C.S. po "behind, after," pozdu "late;" Lith. pas "at, by"), from PIE *po- (cf. Gk. apo "from," L. ab "away from"). Logical fallacy post hoc, ergo propter hoc is L., lit. "after this, therefore because of this," attested from 1704. Post-bellum used in U.S. South from 1874 in ref. to Amer. Civil War; post-war first recorded 1908 in ref. to the Boer War.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

post

A location on the floor of an organized exchange at which assigned securities are traded. Posts are numbered and staffed by specialists. A single location may accommodate the trading of a number of different securities. Also called trading post.


post

To enter information in an account. For example, if a customer sends money to a broker, the brokerage firm will post a credit to the customer's account.

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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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: post
Function: transitive verb
: to put up (as bond) <post bail>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

post- pref.

  1. After; later: postpartum.

  2. Behind; posterior to: postaxial.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Computing Dictionary

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post messaging
To send a message to a mailing list or newsgroup. Usually implies that the message is sent indiscriminately to multiple users, in contrast to "mail" which implies one or more deliberately selected individual recipients.
You should only post a message if you think it will be of interest to a significant proportion of the readers of the group or list, otherwise you should use private electronic mail instead. See netiquette.
[The Jargon File]
(1997-12-04)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Bible Dictionary

Post

(1.) A runner, or courier, for the rapid transmission of letters, etc. (2 Chr. 30:6; Esther 3:13, 15; 8:10, 14; Job 9:25; Jer. 51:31). Such messengers were used from very early times. Those employed by the Hebrew kings had a military character (1 Sam. 22:17; 2 Kings 10:25, "guard," marg. "runners"). The modern system of postal communication was first established by Louis XI. of France in A.D. 1464. (2.) This word sometimes also is used for lintel or threshold (Isa. 6:4).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

post

see deaf as a post; from pillar to post; keep posted.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
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