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office

('/O/f/I/s )

place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed(noun.artifact)

Example:
He rented an office in the new building.

Synonym:
business office

source: wordnet30
an administrative unit of government(noun.group)

Example:
Office of Management and Budget.

Synonym:
agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency

source: wordnet30
the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group(noun.act)

Synonym:
function, part, role

source: wordnet30
(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power(noun.state)

Example:
Being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage.
During his first year in office.

Synonym:
power

source: wordnet30
professional or clerical workers in an office(noun.group)

Example:
The whole office was late the morning of the blizzard.

Synonym:
office staff

source: wordnet30
a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities(noun.act)

Example:
The offices of the mass.

source: wordnet30
a job in an organization(noun.act)

Synonym:
berth, billet, place, position, post, situation, spot

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge.(verb)

source: webster1913

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