room(s) used as a place of business; a government department
business, responsibility
Cases of word usage
1) a person who wishes, or who is put forward by others, to take an office or position (e.g. for election to Parliament) (candidate)
2) a person employed in an office etc to keep records and accounts, copy letters etc. (clerk)
3) a table with a flat or sloping top and drawers at which to read, write or do business e.g. in an office (desk)
4) (used after a noun) chosen but not yet in office (elect)
5) all the movable things such as chairs, beds, desks etc in a house, office etc (furniture)
6) General Post Office (the old official title for postal services in GB) (GPO)
7) to examine (details) carefully; to visit (a school, office etc) to see if the organization is running well and work is done properly (inspect)
8) to send a person, office etc large quantities as if flooding (inundate)
9) at, in, the house, office etc immediately to the side (next door)
10) a person who is nominated for an office or appointment (nominee)