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Place  n Francis. 1771--1854, British radical, who campaigned for the repeal (1824) of the Combination Acts, which forbade the forming of trade unions, and for parliamentary reform 
carrying place   n  (Canadian) another name for   portage 
decimal place   n 
1 the position of a digit after the decimal point, each successive position to the right having a denominator of an increased power of ten 
in 0.025, 5 is in the third decimal place  
2 the number of digits to the right of the decimal point 
3.142 is a number given to three decimal places   Compare   significant figures   2 
high place   n 
 (Old Testament) 
a place of idolatrous worship, esp. a hilltop 
holy place   n 
1 the outer chamber of a Jewish sanctuary 
2 a place of pilgrimage 
jumping-off place , point  n 
1 a starting point, as in an enterprise 
2 a final or extreme condition 
3  (Canadian) a place where one leaves civilization to go into the wilderness 
4  (U.S.) a very remote spot 
Penshurst Place  n a 14th-century mansion near Tunbridge Wells in Kent: birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney; gardens laid out from 1560