4. To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel.
"It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant, . . . or to get him
posted." De Quincey.
5. (Bookkeeping) To carry, as an account, from the journal to the
ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as accounts, to the
ledger.
You have not posted your books these ten years.
Arbuthnot.