Position meaning : A place or location. A post of employment; a job. A status or rank. An opinion, stand or stance. A posture. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player. An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm or institution. A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price. A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error. The full state of a chess game at any given turn. To put into place.