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
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