POS

piː.oʊ.ɛs

Definition

Definition of POS - Reverso English Dictionary

Acronym

acr: Part of Speech

TECH.

category showing how a word functions in a sentence

TECH.

Identify the POS of each word in the sentence.

grammatical category

word class

acr: point of sale or point of serviceplace where you pay for things you buy

The cashier scanned items at the POS.

checkout

terminal

acr: Point of Sale

TECH.

place or system where sales transactions happen

TECH.

The cashier entered the purchase into the POS.

acr: piece of shit

Rare

Slang

rude term for something bad

Rare

Slang

He called the broken toy a POS.

garbage

junk

trash

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POS system

abbr.

computer system records sales in a store

The cashier used the POS system to scan items.

POS tagger

software that assigns parts of speech to words

The POS tagger labeled 'run' as a verb.

POS terminal

device for processing card payments in stores

The cashier used the POS terminal to complete the sale.

Examples of POS in a sentence

The POS determines the grammatical role of a word.
The POS system crashed during the sale.
Customers lined up at the POS to pay.
The POS printed a receipt for the customer.
Our store upgraded its POS last year.
The old car was a total POS, breaking down often.

She threw away the POS phone after it stopped working.

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French:classe grammaticale, PDV, ...
German:Wortart, Kasse, ...
Italian:POS, pezzo di merda, ...
Spanish:CP, POS, ...
Portuguese:Categoria Gramatical, ponto de venda, ...
Chinese:词性, POS, ...
Japanese:品詞, POS, ...
Arabic:جُزْءُ الكَلامِ, نقطة البيع, ...
Hebrew:חֵלֶק הַדִּיבּוּר, עֶמְדַת תְּשְׁלוּם, ...
Russian:ЧР, POS, ...
Ukrainian:ЧР, ТО, ...
Hindi:शब्द का वर्ग, पीओएस, ...
Bengali:পার্ট অফ স্পিচ, পয়েন্ট অফ সেল, ...
Catalan:categoria gramatical, punt de venda, ...
Czech:slovní druh, POS, ...
Danish:Ordklasse, POS, ...
Dutch:woordsoort, kassa, ...
Greek:μέρος του λόγου, σημείο πώλησης, ...
Hungarian:szófaj, értékesítési pont, ...
Khmer:ប្រភេទពាក្យ, កន្លែងបង់ប្រាក់, ...
Korean:품사, POS, ...
Persian:بخش کلام, نقطه فروش, ...
Polish:część mowy, POS, ...
Portuguese (BR):CL, PDV, ...
Romanian:Părți de vorbire, POS, ...
Swedish:POS, kassa, ...
Thai:POS, จุดขาย, ...
Turkish:SÖ, satış noktası, ...
Vietnamese:Loại từ, POS, ...

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