[aw-fis, of-is] 
| 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 insurance 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.
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| 13. | a service or task to be performed; assignment; chore: little domestic offices. |
| 14. | offices, Chiefly British.
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| 15. | Older Slang. privy. |