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PlaceA function in PageMaker and other applications that allows a selection of different types of text and graphics files to be inserted within the current document. Place is similar to the Import function in other programs, but may provide additional capabilities. For example, it may be able to maintain a link to a "placed" file rather than embedding it within the document. See import. place 1. a geographical point, such as a town, city, etc. 2. a. an open square lined with houses of a similar type in a city or town b. (capital when part of a street name): Grosvenor Place 3. Maths the relative position of a digit in a number 4. Horse racing a. Brit the first, second, or third position at the finish b. US and Canadian the first or usually the second position at the finish c. (as modifier): a place bet 5. Theatre one of the three unities 6. another place Brit Parliamentary procedure a. (in the House of Commons) the House of Lords b. (in the House of Lords) the House of Commons 7. the other place Facetious a. (at Oxford University) Cambridge University b. (at Cambridge University) Oxford University place [plās] (mathematics) A position corresponding to a given power of the base in positional notation. Also known as column.
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