Office Definition–noun | 1. | a room, set of rooms, or building where the business of a commercial or industrial organization or of a professional person is conducted: the main office of an insur
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ance company; a doctor's office. |
| 2. | a room assigned to a specific person or a group of persons in a commercial or industrial organization: Her office is next to mine. |
| 3. | a business or professional organization: He went to work in an architect's office. |
| 4. | the staff or designated part of a staff at a commercial or industrial organization: The whole office was at his wedding. |
| 5. | a position of duty, trust, or authority, esp. in the government, a corporation, a society, or the like: She was elected twice to the office of president. |
| 6. | employment or position as an official: to seek office. |
| 7. | the duty, function, or part of a particular person or agency: to act in the office of adviser. |
| 8. | (initial capital letter ) an operating agency or division of certain departments of the U.S. Government: Office of Community Services. |
| 9. | (initial capital letter) British. a major administrative unit or department of the national government: the Foreign Office. |
| 10. | Slang. hint, signal, or warning; high sign. |
| 11. | Often, offices. something, whether good or bad, done or said for or to another: He obtained a position through the offices of a friend. |
| 12. | Ecclesiastical. | a. | the prescribed order or form for a service of the church or for devotional use. |
| b. | the services so prescribed. |
| c. | Also called divine office. the prayers, readings from Scripture, and psalms that must be recited every day by all who are in major orders. |
| d. | a ceremony or rite, esp. for the dead. |
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| 13. | a service or task to be performed; assignment; chore: little domestic offices. |
| 14. | offices, Chiefly British. | a. | the parts of a house, as the kitchen, pantry, or laundry, devoted mainly to household work. |
| b. | the stables, barns, cowhouses, etc., of a farm. |
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