placeable
nounEtymology From place + -able.
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Business A jobseeker who is considered by an employment agency to be suitable for placement, but not employment, with a client company.
- I worked for an employment agency, doing placements. They divided the girls into placeables and unplaceables.1974, Studs Terkel, Working, →ISBN, page 423:
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences, Translation studies In computer-aided translation, an element, such as a symbol or numeral, that is the same in both source and target segments and can therefore be copied directly from one into the other.
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Human sciences, Linguistic morphology, Linguistics, Morphology, Sciences Something which is conventionally associated with a specific place; for example, blinds go on windows, carpets go on floors.
- Related terms
- employable, locatum verb, term