stationing

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
station/ˈsteɪʃn/

▶noun

• 1 a place where passenger trains stop on a railway line, typically with platforms and buildings.

• 2 a place where a specified activity or service is based: a radar station.

  ■ a small military base.

  ■ N. Amer. a subsidiary post office.

• 3 a broadcasting company of a specified kind.

• 4 the place where someone or something stands or is placed for a purpose or duty.

  ■ one's social rank or position.

• 5 Austral./NZ a large sheep or cattle farm.

• 6 Botany a site at which an interesting or rare plant grows.

▶verb assign to a station.

– origin ME: via OFr. from L. statio(n-), from stare ‘to stand’.