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Meaning of office

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  office
      n 1: place of business where professional or clerical duties are
           performed; "he rented an office in the new building" [syn:
           {office}, {business office}]
      2: an administrative unit of government; "the Central
         Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of
         Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority" [syn:
         {agency}, {federal agency}, {government agency}, {bureau},
         {office}, {authority}]
      3: the actions and activities assigned to or required or
         expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher";
         "the government must do its part"; "play its role" [syn:
         {function}, {office}, {part}, {role}]
      4: (of a government or government official) holding an office
         means being in power; "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" [syn: {office}, {power}]
      5: professional or clerical workers in an office; "the whole
         office was late the morning of the blizzard" [syn: {office},
         {office staff}]
      6: a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical
         authorities; "the offices of the mass"
      7: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
         treasury" [syn: {position}, {post}, {berth}, {office},
         {spot}, {billet}, {place}, {situation}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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