placement在《元照英美法词典》中有两层含义：

(1)发行(新的证券)；商定(贷款或抵押)

(2)安置；安排工作（尤指职业介绍所为他人介绍工作）

常见的搭配如下：

direct placement 直接发行

证券发行的一种方式，指证券发行人不通过证券承销机构而是将其证券直接全部售予投资者。在美国，这种发行可以豁免向美国证券交易委员会注册，又称为私募。

private placement 有两层含义：

①= private offering 私募；不公开发行；不公开发售

指发行的股票或债券直接向一小群个人、投资机构等发售而非公开发售。

②私人收养

指不通过收养机构，直接由养父母，或通过医生、律师私人中介进行的收养，亦作直接收养〔direct placement〕

附一些双语例句供理解：

It focuses on the use of ICTs for administrative purposes, communication, teaching and learning, curriculum development and assessment, career education and guidance, labour market information, job placement and systems control.

该报告陈述的重点是在行政管理、通讯、教与学、课程编写和评估、职业生涯教育和指南、劳动市场信息、工作安排和信息控制等方面应用信息和传播技术。

Notwithstanding any election by a member, if the Company is advised that the sending of any notice or other document to any electronic address supplied by a shareholder may or might infringe the law of any relevant jurisdiction, or if the Company cannot verify the location of the server at which the electronic address of the member located, the Company may in lieu of the sending of any notice or other document to the electronic address supplied by the shareholder concerned, place the same on the Company’s website, and any such placement shall be deemed effective service on the shareholder, and the relevant notice and document shall be deemed to be served on the shareholder on which the same is first placed on the Company’s website.

儘管股東作出任何選擇，倘若本公司獲知，向股東所提供之任 何電子地址寄發任何通知或其他文件會或可能會違反任何有 關司法權區的法律，或倘本公司不能核實股東的電子地址所在 伺服器位置，則本公司可將該等內容刊登於本公司之網站，以代替發送任何通知或其他文件到有關股東提供的電子地址，而此舉須視作有效送達有關內容予該股東，而有關的通知及文件 須被視作於首次放置該內容在本公司網站當日已送達至股東。

Options granted under the Stock Option Plan will have an exercise price that is not less than the price of the most recent private placement, or, if the common shares are listed on a stock exchange, the price which is, from time to time, permitted under the rules of any stock exchange or exchanges on which the Class “A” common shares are then listed.

根據購股權計劃授出的購股權行使價將不低 於最近期私人配售的價格，或如普通股在證券交易所上市，則為「A」類普通股當時上市所在的任何一家或多家證券交易所規則許可的價格。

The acquisition of the minority interests in Brazore Barbados and Brazore Brazil, the Debenture financing and the proposed Share Placement all remain subject to regulatory approval and all securities issued in connection with the proposed transaction will be subject to a hold period of not less than 4 months from the date of issue of the securities.

收购Brazore Barbados公司和Brazore Brazil公司少数股权、债券融资以及拟议的股份配售都将需相关监管机构批准，所有发行的与这项拟议交易相关的股票的持有权期限自股票发行日起不得少于4个月。