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[aw-fis, of-is]

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noun

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 insurance company; a doctor's office.

a room assigned to a specific person or a group of persons in a commercial or industrial organization: Her office is next to mine.

a business or professional organization: He went to work in an architect's office.

the staff or designated part of a staff at a commercial or industrial organization: The whole office was at his wedding.

a position of duty, trust, or authority, especially in the government, a corporation, a society, or the like: She was elected twice to the office of president.

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employment or position as an official: to seek office.

the duty, function, or part of a particular person or agency: to act in the office of adviser.

(initial capital letter) an operating agency or division of certain departments of the U.S. Government: Office of community Services.

(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.

the prescribed order or form for a service of the church or for devotional use.

the services so prescribed.

Also called divine office. the prayers, readings from Scripture, and psalms that must be recited every day by all who are in major orders.

a ceremony or rite, especially for the dead.

13.

a service or task to be performed; assignment; chore: little domestic offices.

14.

offices, Chiefly British.

the parts of a house, as the kitchen, pantry, or laundry, devoted mainly to household work.

the stables, barns, cowhouses, etc., of a farm.

15.

Older Slang. privy.

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Origin:
1200–50; Middle English < Old French < Latin officium service, duty, ceremony, presumably contraction of opificium, equivalent to opi-, combining form akin to opus opus + -fic-, combining form of facere to make, do¹ + -ium -ium

Related forms

of·fice·less, adjective

out·of·fice, noun

sub·of·fice, noun

Can be confused: office, orifice.

Synonyms
5. post, station, berth, situation. See appointment. 7. responsibility, charge, trust. 13. work, duty.

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News about office buildings and commercial properties.

My campus office is next to a faculty member whose.

The growth of the international box office is partly a result of the dollar's weakness.

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News about office buildings and commercial properties.

My campus office is next to a faculty member whose.

The growth of the international box office is partly a result of the dollar's weakness.

The boys take the first jet-powered office chair for its first run on the open road.

Wall-free office spaces did not quite work out the way their utopian inventors intended.

Until then he could often be found down there, in the office he'd carved out for.

Here, office essentials are easily housed in the covered storage, on.

In the video, an office worker in a nondescript office loses.

Office work, filled with overflowing e-mail inboxes and pointless meetings, could be a lot more efficient and productive.

Picture a college student appealing for a higher grade in his professor's office.

Your new office won't be large, as your company will remain.

By making your office more environmentally friendly.

See how a husband-and-wife design team remodeled their garage and turned it into a guest house and office.

Yill is a giant, rolling battery that will let you run an office wherever you might be.

Three armed men burst into the post office and surprised the workers who were sorting piles of mail.

One job is in a suburban office park, where you would have an office.

In recent weeks factory workers have protested outside the presidential office over unpaid wages.

From takeout food to office parties, plastic utensils are everywhere.

Empirically supported therapies seek to bring the power of research-proven techniques to the therapist's office.

Each high-quality poster is gorgeous and is sure to be a welcome addition to any room or office.

Taking your job on the road is easier than ever, especially with the right mobile office tools.

The issue and the politics of air-conditioning in office buildings leave no one cold.

In one community, whenever you need to enter your house, you visit the management office and show your driving licence.

The reservation form is included in the backcountry trip planner, available from the backcountry office.

Breathalyzers, long a tool in police officers' quivers, may be coming soon to a doctor's office near.

Start at one area in your office and make your way around the room.

MS has finally gotten a web based version of its office software available.

It is a brilliant careers office that sets the best schools apart.

Everyone gets to stay away from the office for two full months to recharge their batteries.

Why some office spaces alienate workers, whereas others make them happier and more efficient.

Large, barnlike doors slide on tracks to screen the office and bedroom for privacy.

In fact, it took two months of requests from my office to receive material on the subject.

More and more multinationals will shift the operation and control of key business functions away from their head office.

In turn, telecommunications are diminishing the need for a person's physical presence in an office.

Elevator installation is a mature business, yet change is under way as office space and energy get pricey.

The result: a showstopper piece for your home office.

Much of the diary had been written in blank account books smuggled from her office.

Nearly two million square feet of office space sustained damage from the attack.

The same technology that office workers use daily to print.

On the other side of the structure, the deck connects the guest suite with an outdoor shower and a small office.

However, performance in office calls for different skills than opposition.

Snow's office voice mail also doubles as a python sightings hot line.

It's been a long day, and you are still at the office.

The resulting guest suite and home office function separately as highly flexible bonus rooms.

The president's immunity from prosecution while he is in office evaporates when he steps down.

The woman who used to work there spent many unhappy months in the office complaining about her job.

As funds allowed, the pair added a home office and a laundry to the garage and put in a garden with a bubbling fountain and.

She found them aloof and difficult to contact, however, because none of them posted office hours.

Angry young men will not line up at the psychiatrist's office.

Rates are available from any advertising sales office.

The county sheriff's office said the storm also injured five people and damaged houses and trees.

Three quarters of the occupied office space will receive enough daylight for full lighting, greatly reducing electricity demand.

Her office is small and dimly lit, the desk cramped among reams of books and research papers.

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World English Dictionary

office (ˈɒfɪs)

—n
1.	a. a room or set of rooms in which business, professional duties, clerical work, etc, are carried out
	b. (as modifier): office furniture; an office boy
2.	(often plural) the building or buildings in which the work of an organization, such as a business or government department, is carried out
3.	a commercial or professional business: the architect's office approved the plans
4.	the group of persons working in an office: it was a happy office until she came
5.	(capital when part of a name) (in Britain) a department of the national government: the Home Office
6.	(capital when part of a name) in the US
	a. a governmental agency, esp of the Federal government
	b. a subdivision of such an agency or of a department: Office of Science and Technology
7.	a. a position of trust, responsibility, or duty, esp in a government or organization: the office of president; to seek office
	b. (in combination): an office-holder
8.	duty or function: the office of an administrator
9.	(often plural) a minor task or service: domestic offices
10.	(often plural) an action performed for another, usually a beneficial action: through his good offices
11.	a place where tickets, information, etc, can be obtained: a ticket office
12.	Christianity
	a. (often plural) 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.	(plural) the parts of a house or estate where work is done, goods are stored, etc
14.	euphemistic (Brit) (usually plural) a lavatory (esp in the phrase usual offices)
15.	in office (of a government) in power
16.	out of office (of a government) out of power
17.	slang the office a hint or signal

[C13: via Old French from Latin officium service, duty, from opus work, service + facere to do]

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Word Origin & History

office

mid-13c., "a post, an employment to which certain duties are attached," from L. officium "service, duty, function, business" (in M.L., "church service"), lit. "work-doing," from ops (gen. opis) "power, might, abundance, means" (related to opus "work") + stem of facere "do, perform" (see

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factitious). Meaning "place for conducting business" first recorded 1560s. Office hours attested from 1841.

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