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Posting and Executing

noun

  • A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement.
    • usage: "a poster advertised the coming attractions"
  • Bookkeeping) a listing on the company's records. (
    • usage: "the posting was made in the cash account"
  • The transmission of a letter.
    • usage: "the postmark indicates the time of mailing"

verb

  • Affix in a public place or for public notice.
    • usage: "post a warning"
  • Publicize with, or as if with, a poster.
    • usage: "I'll post the news on the bulletin board"
  • Assign to a post; put into a post.
    • usage: "The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu"
  • Assign to a station.
  • Display, as of records in sports games.
  • Enter on a public list.
  • Transfer (entries) from one account book to another.
  • Ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in rhythm with a horse's trotting gait.
  • Mark with a stake.
    • usage: "stake out the path"
  • Place so as to be noticed.
    • usage: "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"
  • Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place.
    • usage: "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"
  • Mark or expose as infamous.
    • usage: "She was branded a loose woman"

In bookkeeping, is to list on the company's records, such as to list the detail of sales and purchases on the accounts receivable or payable records.

noun

verb

  • Kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment.
    • usage: "In some states, criminals are executed"
  • Murder in a planned fashion.
    • usage: "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"
  • Put in effect.
    • usage: "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
  • Carry out the legalities of.
    • usage: "execute a will or a deed"
  • Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine.
    • usage: "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"
  • Carry out or perform an action.
    • usage: "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"
  • Sign in the presence of witnesses.
    • usage: "The President executed the treaty"
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Execute.