■ adjective
1》 relating or restricted to a particular area or one's neighbourhood.
↘denoting a telephone call made to a nearby place and charged at a relatively low rate.
↘ Computing only available for use in one part of a program.
2》 (in technical use) relating to a particular region or part, or to each of any number of these: a ~ infection.
■ noun a ~ person or thing.
↘ Brit. informal a pub convenient to a person's home.
↘ N. Amer. a ~ branch of a trade union.
↘ Stock Exchange slang a floor trader who trades on their own account, rather than on behalf of other investors.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
~ness noun
Origin
ME: from late L. ~is , from L. locus 'place'.