stand

I took my stand upon an eminence […] to look into their several ladings.

The Commander says we will make our stand here.

They took a firm stand against copyright infringement.

They have a four-game stand at home against the Yankees.  They spent the summer touring giving 4 one-night stands a week.

He set the music upon the stand and began to play.  an umbrella stand;  a hat-stand

She took the stand and quietly answered questions.

When a member has failed to comply with his bargains the fact is announced from one of the stands, […]

This stand of pines is older than the one next to it.

One of the later school of the Grecians, examineth the matter, and is at a stand, to think what should be in it, that men should love lies; where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchant; but for the lie’s sake.

a taxi stand

a good, bad, or convenient stand for business

The end of the opening period was relatively quite [sic] as Vassiljev's desperate shot from well outside the penalty area flew into the stand housing the Irish supporters and then Ward's ctoss [sic] was gathered by goalkeeper Pareiko.

England wrapped up a five-wicket victory in the first Test as a stand of 132 between Alastair Cook and Ian Bell saw off an early West Indies charge.

The police and troops captured eleven thousand stand of arms, including muskets and pistols, together with several thousand bludgeons and other weapons.

Father, since your fortune did attain / So high a stand, I mean not to descend.

to be at a stand what to do

Come, I have found you out a stand most fit, / Where you may have such vantage on the duke, / He shall not pass you.

The cost of the printing alone will average $2 a 'stand.' The sheets are about 28x42 inches and are in four colors, which means they must go through the process four times.