n.

1. 1. A place in which business, clerical, or professional activities are conducted.
   2. The administrative personnel, executives, or staff working in such a place.
2. A duty or function assigned to or assumed by someone. See synonyms at function.
3. A position of authority, duty, or trust given to a person, as in a government or corporation: the office of vice president.
4. 1. A subdivision of a governmental department: the U.S. Patent Office.
   2. A major executive division of a government: the British Home Office.
5. A public position: seek office.
6. offices Chiefly British. The parts of a house, such as the laundry and kitchen, in which servants carry out household work.
7. A usually beneficial act performed for another. Often used in the plural.
8. Ecclesiastical. A ceremony, rite, or service, usually prescribed by liturgy, especially:
   1. The canonical hours.
   2. A prayer service in the Anglican Church, such as Morning or Evening Prayer.
   3. A ceremony, rite, or service for a special purpose, especially the Office of the Dead.

[Middle English, from Old French, duty, from Latin officium.]

The name of software suites by both Microsoft and Corel. The ‘premium' or ‘professional' versions usually include a word processor, a spreadsheet program, a database manager, presentation graphics software, a personal information manager, an Internet browser, and other utilities.

noun

1. A piece of work that has been assigned: assignment, chore, duty, job, stint, task. See work/play.
2. A post of employment: appointment, berth, billet, job, place, position, situation, slot, spot. Slang gig. See place.
3. A charitable deed. benefaction, beneficence, benevolence, benignity, favor, kindliness, kindness, oblation, philanthropy. See give/take/reciprocity, kind/cruel.
4. A formal act or set of acts prescribed by ritual: ceremonial, ceremony, liturgy, observance, rite, ritual, service. See ritual.

n

Definition: place of business
Antonyms: home

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1. Place for the transaction of private or public business, e.g. room or department in which the paperwork of an establishment is dealt with.

2. Building or set of rooms in which the business of a department of Government is carried out, e.g. Foreign Office, Home Office, etc.

3. Privy (i.e. House of Office).

4. Authorized form of ecclesiastical service, i.e. Divine Office, Mass, or Holy Communion.

5. Ecclesiastical tribunal for suppression of heresy (Holy Office, otherwise known as the Inquisition). 6. In the plural, those parts of a house, or buildings attached to it, used for the kitchens, pantry, laundry, scullery, etc., sometimes including stables, barns, out-houses, etc.

IN BRIEF: A place where business occurs.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died. — Erma Bombeck (1927-1996), American writer, humorist.

Quotes:

"A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 am and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 p.m. to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished before lunch." - Fred A. Allen

"Here is a pen and here is a pencil, here's a typewriter, here's a stencil, here's a list of today's appointments, and all the flies in all the ointments, the daily woes that a man endures -- take them, George, they're yours!" - Ogden Nash

"He [Robert Benchley] and I had an office so tiny that an inch smaller and it would have been adultery." - Dorothy Parker

"My desk, most loyal friend thank you. You've been with me on every road I've taken. My scar and my protection." - Marina Tsvetaeva

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kontor, styrelse, direktorat, ministerium, pligt, tjeneste, ritual

idioms:

• good offices    bona officia, venskabelig mellemkomst, mægling, vennetjenester
• hold office    være ved magten
• office block    kontorbygning
• office boy    kontorbud
• office hours    kontortid, åbningstider
• out of office    være i opposition
• run for office    være kandidat ved valg

Nederlands (Dutch)
kantoor, bureau, ambt, betrekking, functie, beroep

Français (French)
n. - bureau, fonction, charge, (Relig) office

idioms:

• good offices    bons offices
• hold office    être en fonction, avoir un portefeuille (ministériel), être au pouvoir (un parti politique)
• office block    (GB) immeuble de bureaux
• office boy    garçon de bureau
• office hours    heures de bureau
• out of office    (quitter) ses fonctions, (perdre) son portefeuille (ministériel), perdre le pouvoir (un parti politique)
• run for office    être candidat aux élections

Deutsch (German)
n. - Amt, Büro, Kanzlei, Geschäftsstelle, Gottesdienst

idioms:

• good offices    Hilfe, gute Dienste
• hold office    amtieren
• office block    Bürohaus
• office boy    Bürogehilfe, Laufjunge
• office hours    Dienstzeit
• out of office    nicht mehr im Amt
• run for office    sich um ein Amt bewerben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γραφείο, υπηρεσία, εξυπηρέτηση, υποδιεύθυνση, υπηρεσία, εξουσία, αρχή, καθήκοντα, αξίωμα, θέση, λειτούργημα, (θρησκ.) ακολουθία, λειτουργία, ιεροτελεστία, (στον πληθ., Βρετ.) υπηρεσίες, βοήθεια

idioms:

• good offices    καλές υπηρεσίες
• hold office    κατέχω αξίωμα
• office block    μέγαρο με γραφεία
• office boy    κλητήρας (γραφείου)
• office hours    ώρες (λειτουργίας) γραφείου
• out of office    εκτός αξιώματος ή εξουσίας
• run for office    διεκδικώ αξίωμα

Italiano (Italian)
carica, incarico, dovere, ufficio

idioms:

• good offices    buoni uffici
• hold office    avere la carica
• office block    palazzo di uffici, centro direzionale
• office boy    fattorino
• office hours    orario d'ufficio
• out of office    dimesso
• run for office    candidarsi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escritório (m)

idioms:

• good offices    bons ofícios
• hold office    estar no poder, ter sido eleito
• office boy    boy, contínuo
• office hours    jornada de trabalho
• out of office    estar fora do poder
• run for office    candidatar-se a cargo público

Русский (Russian)
должность, офис

idioms:

• good offices    услуги
• hold office    занимать пост, находиться у власти
• office block    административное здание
• office boy    посыльный
• office hours    часы работы
• out of office    оставить пост
• run for office    баллотироваться на пост

Español (Spanish)
n. - cargo, puesto, oficina, despacho, consultorio, bufete, poder

idioms:

• good offices    buenos oficios, grandes favores
• hold office    ocupar un cargo
• office block    edificio de oficinas
• office boy    mandadero, recadero, mensajero
• office hours    horas de oficina
• out of office    fuera del gobierno
• run for office    postularse, declarar la candidatura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kontor, byrå, expedition, redaktion, departement, ämbetsverk, ämbete, tjänst, gudstjänst

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
办公室, 事务所, 办事处

idioms:

• good offices    调停, 影响力
• hold office    担任职务, 供职
• office block    办公大楼
• office boy    工友, 小弟
• office hours    办公时间, 营业时间
• out of office    离职, 去职
• run for office    竞选公职

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 辦公室, 事務所, 辦事處

idioms:

• good offices    調停, 影響力
• hold office    擔任職務, 供職
• office block    辦公大樓
• office boy    工友, 小弟
• office hours    辦公時間, 營業時間
• out of office    離職, 去職
• run for office    競選公職

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 관청, 사무실, 관직, 임무

idioms:

• run for office    사업을 운영하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 事務所, 営業所, 役所, 省, 世話, 官職, 役目, 任務, 儀式, オフィス, 職務, 便所, 医院, 尽力, 家事室, 職員

idioms:

• office block    オフィスビル
• office boy    給仕
• office hours    執務時間, 勤務時間, 診療時間
• out of office    退職している
• run for office    公職を求める
• sorting office    集配所

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مكتب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משרד, משרד ממשלתי, לשכה, כהונה, תפקיד, חדר-שירות, עבודת-אל רשמית‬

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