"posting" meaning in English

See posting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpəʊstɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpoʊstɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-posting.wav [Southern-England] Forms: postings [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊstɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} posting (plural postings)
  1. The action of the verb to post.
    Sense id: en-posting-en-noun-aQlcg1Vf
  2. An item inserted into a register, ledger or diary.
    Sense id: en-posting-en-noun-CLXSL4G3
  3. An item inserted into a register, ledger or diary.
    (accounting) the process of transferring financial transaction data from a journal (chronological record) to the general ledger (account-wise record.
    Sense id: en-posting-en-noun-FPHzpI0I Categories (other): Accounting, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 7 36 26 16 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 5 34 19 13 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 3 43 20 15 1 Topics: accounting, business, finance
  4. (computing) A message posted to a computerized bulletin board, a newsgroup, a blog, etc. Synonyms: post
    Sense id: en-posting-en-noun-5bqf9mP3 Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  5. (chiefly UK) The place where a soldier or airman is posted for duty; the time spent there. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-posting-en-noun-KiSFOgMq Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Military Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Derived forms: billposting, bottom-posting, crossposting, cross posting, doomposting, fly-posting, past-posting, posting date, posting house, posting inn, rage-posting, top-posting, wildposting

Verb

IPA: /ˈpəʊstɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpoʊstɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-posting.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -əʊstɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} posting
  1. present participle and gerund of post Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: post
    Sense id: en-posting-en-verb-nIyCJnYN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Military Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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