office

office: of·fice n

1: a special duty, charge, or position conferred by governmental authority and for a public purpose

qualified to hold public office; broadly: a special duty or position of authority

hold an office of trust

2: a place where business or administration is conducted or services are performed

3: a special administrative department or unit

office of the district attorney

office: I noun appointment, assigned task, berth, billet, bureau, business, capacity, charge, duty, employment, function, incumbency, job, munus, occupation, officium, partes, place of business, place of employment, position, post, profession, role, service, situation, station, trade, trust, work, work place associated concepts: impeachment from public office, malfeasance in office, misconduct in office, misfeasance in office, neglect of duty, nonfeasance in office, removal from office, vacancy in office foreign phrases:
- Officium nemini debet esse damnosum. — An office ought to be injurious to no one

- Nemo duobus utatur officiis. — No one should hold two offices at the same time

- Officia judicialia non concedantur antequam vacent. — judicial offices are not to be granted or appointed before they become vacant.
II index agency (commission), appointment (position), bureau, business (occupation), calling, career, chamber (compartment), chapter (branch), duty (obligation), employment, firm, function, mission, occupation (vocation), organ, position (business status), post, profession (vocation), province, pursuit (occupation), sphere, title (position), trade (occupation), work (employment)

office: n.

(1) An official position of authority, often with a government or corporation.

(2) A room or building in which business is transacted or in which a professional works or maintains headquarters.

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Synonyms:

Work, service, duty, customary duty / Station (conferred by authority), post, situation, place, position, berth / Charge, trust, business, employment, duty, service, function, capacity / Place of business, room, bureau / Service, act of worship, formulary of devotion / Company, corporation

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office — [ ɔfis ] n. m. • v. 1190; lat. officium I ♦ 1 ♦ Vieilli Fonction que l on doit remplir, charge dont on doit s acquitter. ⇒ charge, emploi, fonction. Résigner un office. Loc. fig. Remplir son office : produire son effet naturel, jouer pleinement… … Encyclopédie Universelle
office — 1. (o fi s ) s. m. 1° Devoir de la vie. • Le ciel plus propice M envoie un compagnon en ce pieux office, CORN. Pomp. V, 1. • Il [le roi] m envoie Faire office vers vous de douleur et de joie, CORN. Hor. IV, 2. • Si votre main puissante… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
office — of‧fice [ˈɒfs ǁ ˈɒː , ˈɑː ] noun 1. [countable] a room or building where people work at desks: • The agency recently closed its Houston office. • I d like to see you in my office. • I applied for the job of office manager. • There is a shortage… … Financial and business terms
office — Office, n. penac. Tantost signifie cela mesme que Officium en Latin, dont il vient, et suyvant cela on dit, Il m a fait tout bon office d ami, Nihil non officij quod amicum deceat, mihi praestitit, Et correspondance d offices, Officiorum vices,… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
office — OFFICE. s. m. Devoir de la vie humaine, de la societé civile. Il est de l office d un Magistrat, d un bon Pasteur, d un bon citoyen. tous les offices de la vie civile. c est l office d un bon pere, d un bon mary, d un bon amy. Ciceron a fait un… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
office — [ôf′is, äf′is] n. [OFr < L officium < opificium, doing of work < opifex, a worker < opus, a work (see OPUS) + facere, to DO1] 1. something performed or intended to be performed for another; (specified kind of) service [done through… … English World dictionary
office — (n.) mid 13c., a post, an employment to which certain duties are attached, from Anglo Fr. and O.Fr. office (12c. in Old French), from L. officium service, duty, function, business (in Ecclesiastical Latin, church service ), lit. work doing, from… … Etymology dictionary
Office — Of fice, v. t. To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
office — [n1] business, responsibility appointment, berth, billet, capacity, charge, commission, connection, duty, employment, function, job, obligation, occupation, performance, place, post, province, responsibility, role, service, situation, spot,… … New thesaurus

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