standing

(stănˈdĭng)

1. a. Status with respect to rank, reputation, or position in society or a profession.
   b. High reputation; esteem: a person of standing in the community.
2. Continuance in time; duration: a friendship of long standing.
3. Law The right or capacity to initiate a suit.
4. The act of one that stands.
5. A place where a person or thing stands.
6. standings Sports A listing of individual competitors or of teams in a league according to their record of performance.

1. a. Remaining upright; erect.
   b. Not cut down: standing timber.
2. Performed or done from a standing position: a standing jump; a standing ovation.
3. Permanent and unchanging; fixed.
4. Remaining in force or use indefinitely: a standing invitation.
5. Not movable; stationary.
6. Not flowing or circulating; stagnant.