Words / B2

PLAYSM-uh-nt/ˈpleɪsmənt/

A placement is a job or training post arranged for someone, or the act of putting something in a place: a work placement; product placement. Place is the verb/noun (already in the dictionary); internship is a close twin in some firms. Log the work-experience placement. Mix-up: replacement; palace. Do not call an unpaid Saturday job a placement without an agreement.

Meaning

A job or training post arranged for someone; also the act of putting something in a place.

Examples

• “Log the work-experience placement, not an informal Saturday job.”
• “Product placement in the clip still needs a media comment, which is the advertising sense.”

Good to know

a work / year-long placement; product placement. Close: internship. Trap: replacement. Careers, media, and forms. An arranged post, or putting something in position.

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