posting
- noun
- /ˈpoʊstɪŋ/
- Specialized
- First-rate local knowledge and linguistic expertise should be a precondition of a U.S. diplomat's posting overseas.
- job posting
Examples
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The manual process of filling out requisition forms with invoices attached delays check writing and posting to the university ledger.
Academic text (2015) -
Following a brief posting in Stockholm, he was sent to Washington, DC, where he spent two formative years.
Academic text (1999) -
Pictures may rule out your chances of consideration unless the job posting specifically asks for a photo.
Academic text (2012) -
"Press reports regarding the personnel posting in the Civil Rights Division have been inaccurate."
Academic text (2017) -
I draw three lessons from job postings like the ones listed here.
Blog text (19) -
The common adoption practice is to use the legal postings in a newspaper.
Blog text (28) -
The surveyors were to look for signs or postings about payment and other information available to patients and visitors.
Academic text (2005) -
The accountant made a posting to the financial accounts to track the company's expenses.
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Each posting in the ledger must be verified by the manager to ensure accuracy.
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After every transaction, there is an official posting to keep the financial records clear.
Synonyms
A record in a company's books that shows money going in or out
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Posting in accounts comes from the idea of post meaning 'to place', the same idea in the word position, so a posting is an entry placed into the ledger.