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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.


pos. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. position.

  2. positive.

  3. possession.

  4. possessive.


POS 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. point of sale

  2. part of speech

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pos. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. position

  2. positive

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Traitors, based on a Dutch format created by Marc Pos, first aired on BBC One in 2022 and has since become an international phenomenon, spawning multiple editions worldwide including in Australia, Canada and Italy.

From BBC

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

In his first, successful, deposit Tzoni selected one called "Polygon PoS".

From BBC

This is according to OnPrem Insights from Union, which gathered data from more than 1,000 high-volume U.S. accounts using bar and restaurant POS platforms.

From Salon

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

From Slate