Placing in a hierarchy or scale (7)

I believe the answer is:

ranking

(Other definitions for ranking that I've seen before include "Place among seeds" , "Classification" , "Status" , "position on graded scale" , "Assigning a position to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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