Dictionary: “置く”

to leave (behind)

to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.);to set up

to appoint (someone to a certain position);to hire;to employ

to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.);to bear (in mind, etc.)

to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool

to take in (boarders, etc.);to provide lodging in one's house

to separate spatially or temporally

to do something in advance

to leave something in a certain state;to keep something in a certain state