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Wort des Tages > Aufstellung > Hear it!

die Aufstellung (no pl.)
   setting up, erection; installation; deployment (mil.), utilization; drawing up (of invoice, list); posting, stationing; raising (of troops); nomination, selection (of a team)

Während die erste Schließungswelle von Filialen ab 2004 an Graz fast spurlos vorübergegangen ist, scheint jetzt ein gravierender Eingriff bevorzustehen. Ein Post AG-Pressesprecher bestätigt, dass man eine «bessere Aufstellung» anstrebe. (Kleine Zeitung)
While the first wave of branch closings beginning in 2004 passed Graz by almost without a trace, a more serious intervention seems to be ahead now. A Post AG press spokesman confirms that they are striving for a “better utilization.” (Kleine Zeitung, Austria)

Related Words:
aufstellen to set up; establish; erect; install; pitch (a tent); list; nominate; set (a trap); raise (troops); post, station
Aufstellung nehmen to take up position (mil.)

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