pos/pon
poʊz · poʊn
Where you set it down is what the word means
The picture The moment you set down what you were holding. Where it lands is the whole story. pos sets it down and leaves it there; mot gets it up and moving.
Where the picture shows up in pos/pon
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put down and left in trust
Pay a deposit today and the rest later.
peɪ ə dɪˈpɑːzɪt təˈdeɪ ənd ðə rest ˈleɪtər
Leave a part payment today and pay the rest later.
Part of the price is set down on the counter now; the rest is pushed further back.
de (down) + pos (put) — money put down and left with someone is a deposit.
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put further back
The meeting is postponed to Thursday.
ðə ˈmiːtɪŋ ɪz poʊstˈpoʊnd tuː ˈθɜːrzdeɪ
The meeting has been moved to Thursday.
The marker sitting on today's square is picked up and put down a few days along.
post (after) + pon (put) — the date is set down further along.
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put out in front
I'd like to propose a different plan.
aɪd laɪk tuː prəˈpoʊz ə ˈdɪfərənt plæn
I'd like to put forward another plan.
The idea you were holding is set down in the middle of the meeting table.
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put out in the open
Don't expose the cable to rain.
doʊnt ɪkˈspoʊz ðə ˈkeɪbəl tuː reɪn
Don't leave the cable out in the rain.
A cable that belongs under a roof is lying out on the ground in the rain.
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the spot it sits in
Put it back in the right position.
pʊt ɪt bæk ɪn ðə raɪt pəˈzɪʃən
Put it back where it belongs.
Every item has a spot it belongs in, and it is set back down in that spot.
All of it in one picture
pos/pon is the moment you set down what you were holding. Set money down and leave it with someone: a deposit. Set the date down further back: postponed. Set your idea down in front of everyone: a proposal. Set the cable down out in the open: exposed. And the spot it sits in is its position. One hand putting things down — where it lands tells you the word.