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  POS

  abbreviation

  piece of shit (a euphemistic initialism used to avoid explicit vulgarity). See shit.
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  pos.

  abbreviation

  position.

POS

¹ American  

Or P.O.S.

abbreviation

1. Slang. piece of shit (a euphemistic initialism used to avoid explicit vulgarity). See shit.

2. point of sale; point of service.

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pos. ² American  

abbreviation

1. position.

2. positive.

3. possession.

4. possessive.

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POS ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. point of sale

2. part of speech

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pos. ² British  

abbreviation

1. position

2. positive

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Broadly speaking, the results reinforce DB’s view that near-term growth will be driven more from sustainable GMV growth as Shopify is successful with its International, POS, and Enterprise offerings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025

Our coin, GreenBux, innovated by replacing proof of work with “proof of stake,” or POS for short.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2023

But it had "no evidence that data running through Pax POS devices has been compromised".

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2021

AFF, founded in 2013, is a technology driven POS payments platform which offers consumers payment flexibility across marketplaces with its "no credit required" options.

From Reuters ● Oct. 28, 2021

With the case ready, look for the "+", "P" or "POS" mark on it.

From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Otto A. Witte

The territories being purchased in common, were the com. pos. of North and South.

From Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78 by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

En lubao otro que tiene de salario trezios pos. allde m̃yor de calonpite En calonpite y macaueue otro trezios pos. allde mayor de candaua.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 05 of 55 1582-1583 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Emma Helen Blair