Found 4 items, similar to office.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: office
kantor
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: office
balai, biro, kantor, kas
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: office
office
n 1: place of business where professional or clerical duties are
performed;
“he rented an office in the new building”
[syn:
business office]
2: an administrative unit of government;
“the Central
Intelligence Agency”;
“the Census Bureau”;
“Office of
Management and Budget”;
“Tennessee Valley Authority” [syn:
agency,
federal agency,
government agency,
bureau,
authority]
3: the actions and activities assigned to or required or
expected of a person or group;
“the function of a
teacher”;
“the government must do its part”;
“play its
role” [syn:
function,
part,
role]
4: (of a government or government official) holding an office
means being in power;
“being in office already gives a
candidate a great advantage”;
“during his first year in
office”;
“during his first year in power”;
“the power of
the president” [syn:
power]
5: professional or clerical workers in an office;
“the whole
office was late the morning of the blizzard” [syn:
office staff
]
6: a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical
authorities;
“the offices of the mass”
7: a job in an organization;
“he occupied a post in the
treasury” [syn:
position,
post,
berth,
spot,
billet,
place,
situation]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Office
Office
\Of`fice\, v. t.
To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge. [Obs.]
--Shak.
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Office
\Of"fice\, n. [F., fr. L. officium, for opificium; ops
ability, wealth, help + facere to do or make. See
Opulent,
Fact.]
1. 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.
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I would I could do a good office between you.
--Shak.
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2. A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by
authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or
authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal
office.
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3. A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God
himself; as, the office of a priest under the old
dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new.
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Inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I
magnify mine office. --Rom. xi. 13.
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4. That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done,
by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to
perform; a function; -- answering to duty in intelligent
beings.
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They [the eyes] resign their office and their light.
--Shak.
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Hesperus, whose office is to bring
Twilight upon the earth. --Milton.
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In this experiment the several intervals of the
teeth of the comb do the office of so many prisms.
--Sir I.
Newton.
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5. The place where any kind of business or service for others
is transacted; a building, suite of rooms, or room in
which public officers or workers in any organization
transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's
office; the doctor's office; the Mayor's office.
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6. The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose
place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the
office.
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7. pl. The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics
discharge the duties attached to the service of a house,
as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. [Eng.]
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As for the offices, let them stand at distance.
--Bacon.
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8. (Eccl.) Any service other than that of ordination and the
Mass; any prescribed religious service.
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This morning was read in the church, after the
office was done, the declaration setting forth the
late conspiracy against the king's person. --Evelyn.
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Holy office. Same as
Inquisition, n., 3.
Houses of office. Same as def. 7 above. --Chaucer.
Little office (R. C. Ch.), an office recited in honor of
the Virgin Mary.
Office bearer, an officer; one who has a specific office or
duty to perform.
Office copy (Law), an authenticated or certified copy of a
record, from the proper office. See
Certified copies,
under
Copy. --Abbott.
Office-found (Law), the finding of an inquest of office.
See under
Inquest.
Office holder. See
Officeholder in the Vocabulary
Office hours. the hours of the day during which business is
transacted at an office[5].
Office seeker. a person who is attempting to get elected to
an elected office, or to get an appointment to an
appointive public office.
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