n.

1. A distinct, usually specialized division of a large organization, especially:
   1. A principal administrative division of a government: the department of public works.
   2. A division of a business specializing in a particular product or service: the personnel department.
   3. A division of a school or college dealing with a particular field of knowledge: the physics department.
2. Department One of the principal executive divisions of the federal government of the United States, headed by a cabinet officer.
3. A section of a department store selling a particular line of merchandise: the home furnishings department.
4. An administrative district in France.
5. A unit of a warship's crew, organized by function, such as gunnery or engineering.
6. An area of particular knowledge or responsibility; a specialty: Getting the kids to bed is my department.

[French département, from Old French, separation, from departir, to divide. See depart.]

departmental de'part·men'tal (dē'pärt-mĕn'tl) adj.
departmentally de'part·men'tal·ly adv.

Grouping of jobs in an organization to accomplish particular functions. Once the jobs have been grouped, a manager then can be assigned the responsibility of coordinating each group. When managers make decisions about how to group the individual jobs, they create departments. An example is the payroll department.

noun

1. A component of government that performs a given function: agency, arm, branch, division, organ, wing. See part/whole.
2. A sphere of activity, experience, study, or interest: area, arena, bailiwick, circle, domain, field, orbit, province, realm, scene, subject, terrain, territory, world. Slang bag. See territory.

[day-pahr-tehr-MAHN] A French term referring to an administrative area that's similiar to a county within a state in the United States. The French mainland has ninety-five départements grouped into twenty-two regions.

IN BRIEF: A separate part or branch.

One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one indivisible whole. — Mahatma Gandhi.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - afdeling, ministerium, departement, fagområde, fakultet, institut, område, felt, speciale

idioms:

• department store    stormagasin, varehus
• not my department    ikke mit domæne/min afdeling

Nederlands (Dutch)
afdeling, departement, ministerie, gebied, vakgroep sociale dienst damesafdeling

Français (French)
n. - ministère, département, (Ind) service, (Comm) rayon (magasin), comptoir, (École) section, (Univ) département (Unité de Formation et de Recherche), (Géog) département (en France), domaine (d'activité), (GB, Admin) ministère

idioms:

• department store    grand magasin
• not my department    (fig) ne pas (être) son rayon

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gebiet, Departement, Abteilung, Aufgabenbereich, Ressort, Ministerium, Dienststelle, Fachbereich, Station

idioms:

• department store    Kaufhaus
• not my department    da kenne ich mich nicht aus, dafür bin ich nicht zuständig

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διαμέρισμα, τμήμα (καταστήματος κ.λπ.), υπηρεσιακός ή διοικητικός κλάδος, διεύθυνση ή υπηρεσία (οργανισμού κ.λπ.), (ΗΠΑ) υπουργείο

idioms:

• department store    πολυκατάστημα
• not my department    δεν είναι δική μου δουλειά/ειδικότητα/ευθύνη

Italiano (Italian)
campo, distretto, reparto, dipartimento, ministero, istituzione, facoltà

idioms:

• department store    grande magazzino
• not someone's department    di competenza altrui
• social services department    dipartimento assistenziale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - departamento (m)

idioms:

• department store    loja (f) de departamentos
• not my department    não é assunto meu
• social services department    departamento (m) de serviço social
• toy department    seção (f) de brinquedos
• women's department    seção (f) feminina
• women's-wear department    seção (f) de roupas femininas

Русский (Russian)
отдел, департамент, отделение, факультет

idioms:

• department store    универмаг
• not my department    не (чья-либо) епархия
• social services department    отдел социальной помощи
• toy department    отдел игрушек
• women's department    гинекологическое отделение
• women's-wear department    отдел женской одежды

Español (Spanish)
n. - terreno, campo, departamento, sección, división, ministerio, organismo, ramo, especialidad, sala, esfera de actividad

idioms:

• department store    grandes almacenes, tienda por departamentos
• not my department    no es de mi competencia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avdelning, departement

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
部门, 机关, 系

idioms:

• department store    百货公司
• not my department    不在我工作的范围之内

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 部門, 機關, 系

idioms:

• department store    百貨公司
• not my department    不在我工作的範圍之內

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 일부, 학부, 부문

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 部, 売り場, 省, 学部, 局, 県

idioms:

• department store    デパート
• women's department    婦人物売り場
• women's-wear department    婦人服売り場

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قسم في مؤسسه كبيرة حكوميه أو تجاريه مثلا أو في جامعه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משרד (ממשלתי), מחלקה, אגף, שטח, תחום, מחוז‬

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Department Store	department labor