Place call for Scots dividing liquid medication (8)

I believe the answer is:

location

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'place' is the definition.
(I know that place can be written as location)

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(Other definitions for location that I've seen before include "Place, site" , "Whereabouts, position" , "Position, point in space" , "Position,place" , "Place, position" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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