place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
<noun.artifact> he rented an office in the new building
an administrative unit of government
<noun.group> the Central Intelligence Agency the Census Bureau Office of Management and Budget Tennessee Valley Authority
the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
<noun.act> the function of a teacher the government must do its part play its role
(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
<noun.state> being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage during his first year in office during his first year in power the power of the president
professional or clerical workers in an office
<noun.group> the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard
a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities
<noun.act> the offices of the mass
a job in an organization
<noun.act> he occupied a post in the treasury
Office \Of`fice\, v. t. To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge. [Obs.] --Shak.
Office \Of"fice\, n. [F., fr. L. officium, for opificium; ops ability, wealth, help + facere to do or make. See {Opulent}, {Fact}.] 1. That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices.
I would I could do a good office between you. --Shak.
2. A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office.
3. A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new.
Inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office. --Rom. xi. 13.
4. That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a function; -- answering to duty in intelligent beings.
They [the eyes] resign their office and their light. --Shak.
Hesperus, whose office is to bring Twilight upon the earth. --Milton.
In this experiment the several intervals of the teeth of the comb do the office of so many prisms. --Sir I. Newton.
5. The place where any kind of business or service for others is transacted; a building, suite of rooms, or room in which public officers or workers in any organization transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's office; the doctor's office; the Mayor's office. [1913 Webster +PJC]
6. The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office.
7. pl. The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. [Eng.]
As for the offices, let them stand at distance. --Bacon.
8. (Eccl.) Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any prescribed religious service.
This morning was read in the church, after the office was done, the declaration setting forth the late conspiracy against the king's person. --Evelyn.
{Holy office}. Same as {Inquisition}, n., 3.
{Houses of office}. Same as def. 7 above. --Chaucer.
{Little office} (R. C. Ch.), an office recited in honor of the Virgin Mary.
{Office bearer}, an officer; one who has a specific office or duty to perform.
{Office copy} (Law), an authenticated or certified copy of a record, from the proper office. See {Certified copies}, under {Copy}. --Abbott.
{Office-found} (Law), the finding of an inquest of office. See under {Inquest}.
{Office holder}. See {Officeholder} in the Vocabulary
{Office hours}. the hours of the day during which business is transacted at an office[5].
{Office seeker}. a person who is attempting to get elected to an elected office, or to get an appointment to an appointive public office. [1913 Webster +PJC]
"We're dealing with an owner who couldn't give a rip. They cut off her mail and she got a post office box." Starting Friday, an animal-control officer is accompanying Finster on his route.
Can we never see eye-to-eye until all 120 million Japanese become Christians?" My second encounter occurred in the late 1980s, when I overheard a comment as I passed by a meeting room in the New York head office of a major financial organization.
Secondly, there was no desk to spare in the whole office and one had to be bought.
He said the investigation would be turned over to the Will County state's attorney's office.
The coroner's office ruled after an autopsy was performed on the woman's headless body, basing its findings on the opinions of toxicologists and a pathologist contracted by Riverside County, Cupido said.
Ms. Rossi said someone had called the airline's London office and said a bomb was on board the aircraft.
The case has been turned over to the district attorney's office, Police Chief Bruce Beaty said.
A photograph of Mr. Greenberg in 1978, taken for a Detroit News profile, showed money sprouting from trees in his office.
The insurrection was the first in Argentina since Menem took office in July 1989.
The younger Savage, who now works as an affirmative action officer for the Chicago Metropolitan Sanitary District, was not in his office Wednesday and could not be reached for comment.
Previn, who became music director in 1986, clashed with Fleischmann over guest conductors on recordings, how Previn edited musical works _ even cutbacks on office supplies and coffee.
The Rev. Jonathan Hamlin, 24, was charged with murder after he showed up at the sheriff's office with his attorneys Monday afternoon, Barrett said.
Police arrested four dissidents who brandished firebombs, took a secretary hostage and occupied a Labor Ministry office in Taejon, Yonhap said.
There was no sign of forced entry at the office and sanctuary, housed in the basement of the college's student union, Oppenheim said.
The governor's office wouldn't discuss in any detail the audit's findings until the report is released Friday.
An industry analyst, Robert B. Morris III in Goldman, Sachs & Co.'s San Francisco office, said the value of the operations isn't clear because AT&T hasn't disclosed their book value or earnings.
The explosions damaged walls and broke windows of an adjacent office and a home.
Net reserves are now over Dollars 200m, up from Dollars 23m when Mr Paz Zamora took office in 1989.
"This thing got to me emotionally," the judge said later. "I had to adjourn court for a while." He returned to the bench and ordered the clerk's office to prepare citizenship certificates. "They were up here in 10 minutes," Rubin said.
"I have no knowledge of any investigation of me or my office," he said in a telephone interview.
Konrad Adenauer was only a year younger when he became West German chancellor in 1949, and Ronald Reagan was four years older when he left office in 1989.
U.S. policy in El Salvador has been aimed at shoring up a centrist government represented by the Christian Democrats and President Jose Napoleon Duarte, who is dying of liver cancer and leaves office June 1.
He has recommended that Amoco's regional office in Denver use her as outside counsel, "solely on the basis of her letter."
Dukakis wasted no time getting back to work, arriving at the office at 9:30 a.m. to applause from about 50 state workers.
Is there anyone who doubts that there are more Cuban, Soviet and Soviet-bloc advisers, both military and civilian, in Nicaragua than there were when Ronald Reagan took office?
Senior executives from Computer Innovations weren't in the office yesterday and weren't available for comment.
The outgoing Sandinistas turned over huge quantities to their supporters before leaving office.
Last Christmas, an 11th Circuit judge was killed by a mail bomb and a similar bomb was safely intercepted at the courthouse. Another bomb killed a Savannah lawyer and one was sent to the NAACP office in Jacksonville, Fla.
Not only companies, but also the Economic Planning Agency, a police station and a city government office have requested copies of the song, Sankyo says.
A prisoner who won $1,000 in a restaurant promotion was escorted to the post office in handcuffs Tuesday to mail paperwork to receive his prize.