office /; AmE ; / noun
BACK OFFICE, BOX OFFICE, CENTRAL GILTS OFFICE, FRONT OFFICE, HEAD OFFICE, HOME OFFICE, LAND OFFICE, MAIN OFFICE, PATENT OFFICE, POST OFFICE, PRESS OFFICE, REGISTERED OFFICE, SALES OFFICE, TOURIST OFFICE, VIRTUAL OFFICE
1 [C]
a room, set of rooms or building where people work, usually sitting at desks:
The company is moving to new offices on the other side of town.
We have offices in 19 countries.
The bank expects to open a Hong Kong office next year.
Are you going to the office today?
an office manager
❖ a branch/local/overseas/regional office
◆ to close (down)/open/set up an office
◆ office jobs/work office staff/workers
2 [C]
a room in which a particular person works, usually at a desk:
Is Ms Kent in her office?
Some people have to share an office.
office furniture
⇨ OPEN-PLAN
❖ office equipment/furniture/supplies
3 [C] (often used in compounds)
a room or building used for a particular purpose, especially to provide information or a service:
the local tourist office
a tax office
an employment office
the company's sales office
4 [U,C]
an important position of authority, especially in government; the work and duties connected with this:
She has been disqualified from holding corporate office.
The present government took office in 2005.
❖ to hold/leave/take office
◆ to be in/out of office
◆ corporate/executive/public office
- passing off
- passing trade
- passive
- passive loss
- passport control
- pass-through
- password
- past due
- paste
- patent
- patentable
- patent agent
- patent defect
- patentee
- patent office
- patent pending
- patent protection
- patent right
- paternalistic
- paternity leave
- paternity pay
- pathfinder
- pathfinder prospectus
- patrimony
- patron