[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

placement \place"ment\, n. cf. f. placement.
   1. the act of placing, or the state of being placed.
      1913 webster

   2. position; place.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

placement
     n 1: the spatial property of the way in which something is
          placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the
          placement of the chairs" syn: arrangement
     2: contact established between applicants and prospective
        employees; "the agency provided placement services"
     3: the act of putting something in a certain place or location
        syn: location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
see also:
arrangement location locating position positioning emplacement 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

130 moby thesaurus words for "placement":
   abode, accedence, accession, accounting for, allocation, allotment,
   analysis, answerability, application, appointment, apportionment,
   area, arrangement, array, arraying, arrogation, ascription,
   assignation, assignment, assortment, attachment, attribution,
   bearings, bench mark, blame, cataloging, categorization, charge,
   classification, codification, collation, collocation,
   connection with, constitution, coronation, credit, culling,
   deployment, deposit, deposition, derivation from, disposal,
   disposition, distribution, district, division, emplacement,
   employment, engagement, enthronement, etiology, filing, form,
   formation, formulation, gradation, grading, grouping, hiring, hole,
   honor, imputation, inauguration, indexing, induction, installation,
   installment, instatement, investiture, lading,
   latitude and longitude, lieu, loading, locale, locality,
   localization, locating, location, locus, marshaling, order,
   ordering, organization, packing, palaetiology, pigeonholing,
   pinpoint, pinpointing, place, placing, point, position,
   positioning, posting, putting, ranging, ranking, rating,
   reference to, regimentation, region, reposition, responsibility,
   saddling, screening, selection, sifting, site, situation, situs,
   sorting, sorting out, spot, spotting, stationing, stead, storage,
   stowage, stratification, structuring, subdivision, subordination,
   syntax, tabulation, taking office, taxonomy, triage, typology,
   whereabout, whereabouts

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