slot meaning

• Noun: slot  slót
  1. A position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
     "he developed a version of slot grammar" 
  2. A small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail)
     "he put a quarter in the slot" 
  3. A time assigned on a schedule or agenda
     "the TV program has a new time slot"; "an aircraft landing slot"
     - time slot 
  4. A position in a hierarchy or organization
     "Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks"; "she beat some tough competition for the number one slot" 
  5. The trail of an animal (especially a deer)
     "he followed the deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees" 
  6. (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board
     "the PC had three slots for additional memory"
     - expansion slot 
  7. A slot machine that is used for gambling
     "they spend hours and hours just playing the slots"
     - one-armed bandit
  Verb: slot (slotted,slotting)  slót
  1. Assign a time slot
     "slot a television program"

  Derived forms: slotting, slots, slotted

  Type of: coin machine, interval, position, receptacle, schedule, slit, slot machine, spatial relation, status, time interval, trail

  Encyclopedia: Slot

• 
  [British slang]
  Verb. Hurt, injure, stab, shoot. E.g."I slotted that bastard last year, and he spent 3 weeks in hospital." [Mainly Army use]
  
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  [Business]
  AmE / noun [C]

  1

  a time when something is arranged to happen, as part of a series of similar things; a position in a list:

  The airline has agreed to give up take-off and landing slots at London's Heathrow.

  TV advertising slots have become cheaper.

  2

  a job, especially a senior one:

  He stepped into the top slot at Dixons in September.

  There is a shortage of executives capable of taking over the CEO slot.

• 
  [Sports]
  Hockey
  The area directly in front of the goal crease, between the face-off circles, where many scoring opportunities take place.

• slot a:    [Computer]<hard ...
• slot in:    1. slot sth/sb in ...
• slot in-into:    1. slot sth/sb in ...

Examples

1. can we slot her into a job in the sales department?
2. she now has her own parking slot on the catwalk level.
3. she placed her card in a slot on the outside the bank.
4. she now has her own parking slot on the catwalk level.
5. slot this disk in.