placement

American  

[pleys-muhnt] / ˈpleɪs mənt /

noun

1. the act of placing.

2. the state of being placed.

3. the act of an employment office or employer in filling a position.

4. location; arrangement.

   the placement of furniture.

5. Football.

   1. the placing of the ball on the ground in attempting a place kick.

   2. the position of the ball.

   3. a place kick.

   4. a score made by a place kick.

      Jones made 43 consecutive placements last season.

6. (in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) a winning shot in which the ball or shuttlecock is so hit that one's opponent is unable to return it.

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placement British  

/ ˈpleɪsmənt /

noun

1. the act of placing or the state of being placed

2. arrangement or position

3. the process or business of finding employment

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Other Word Forms

• preplacement noun

Etymology

Origin of placement

First recorded in 1835–45; place + -ment

Example Sentences

A report from the Chicago Fed last year noted that private placement lending by life insurers in 2024 totaled $849 billion, more than double the volume of $386 billion a decade earlier, Paul adds.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Barron said getting the placement of the sculpture just right was of utmost importance to the museum and the Calder Foundation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Specifically, PBMs require drug manufacturers to pay fees and rebates tied to a drug’s list price to secure placement on formularies.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

“Also, if there is no clinical data for a substance, and an awareness that the substance has the propensity for harm, that could make it an appropriate placement on the Category 2 list.”

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

If you try to repair an incoherent text and find that no placement of therefores and moreovers and howevers will hold it together, that is a sign that the underlying argument may be incoherent, too.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Related Words

• employment
• placing