POS

¹ American  

Or P.O.S.

abbreviation

1. Slang. piece of shit (a euphemistic initialism used to avoid explicit vulgarity). See shit.

2. point of sale; point of service.

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pos. ² American  

abbreviation

1. position.

2. positive.

3. possession.

4. possessive.

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POS ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. point of sale

2. part of speech

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pos. ² British  

abbreviation

1. position

2. positive

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Example Sentences

Broadly speaking, the results reinforce DB’s view that near-term growth will be driven more from sustainable GMV growth as Shopify is successful with its International, POS, and Enterprise offerings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

Our coin, GreenBux, innovated by replacing proof of work with “proof of stake,” or POS for short.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2023

That will allow it to compete with other, smaller altcoins such as Solana and Cardano, which use POS partly or entirely, for decentralized finance applications such as trading, investing, borrowing and even non-fungible tokens.

From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2022

But it had "no evidence that data running through Pax POS devices has been compromised".

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2021

Stamp "POS," "P," or "+" on positive terminal and "NEG," "N," or on negative terminal.

From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.