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office
- 1) noun, a) a room or set of rooms in which business, professional duties, clerical work, etc, are carried out b) (as modifier)
- 2) noun, the building or buildings in which the work of an organization, such as a business or government department, is carried out
- 3) noun, a commercial or professional business
- 4) noun, the group of persons working in an office
- 5) noun, (in Britain) a department of the national government
- 6) noun, a) a governmental agency, esp of the Federal government b) a subdivision of such an agency or of a department
- 7) noun, a) a position of trust, responsibility, or duty, esp in a government or organization b) (in combination)
- 8) noun, duty or function
- 9) noun, a minor task or service
- 10) noun, an action performed for another, usually a beneficial action
- 11) noun, a place where tickets, information, etc, can be obtained
- 12) noun, Christianity a) a ceremony or service, prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities, esp one for the dead b) the order or form of these c) RC Church the official daily service d)short for divine office
- 13) noun, the parts of a house or estate where work is done, goods are stored, etc
- 14) noun, a lavatory (esp in the phrase usual offices)
- 15) noun, in (or out of) office (of a government) in (or out of) power
- 16) noun, the office slang a hint or signal
Etymology
C13: via Old French from Latin officium service, duty, from opus work, service + facere to do
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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work, business, base, workroom, branch, department, division, section, wing, subdivision, post, place, role, service, charge, situation, commission, station, responsibility, duty, function, employment, capacity, appointment, occupation, support, help, backing, aid, favour, assistance, intervention, recommendation, patronage, mediation, advocacy, auspice, aegis, intercession, espousal