location

English

/loʊˈkeɪʃən/, /ləʊˈkeɪʃən/

noun
Definitions
  • A particular point or place in physical space.
  • An act of locating.
  • (South Africa) An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; township.
  • (legal) A leasing on rent.
  • (legal) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
  • (legal) The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin locationis, locatio (a placing).

Origin

Latin

locationis, locatio

Gloss

a placing

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